Environmental education and teaching chemistry: encouraging formation of sustainable attitudes and values through the study of batteries in high school

Abstract

The promotionof Environmental Educationthroughtheteachingofconcepts in theChemistry discipline isshowntobe a viablealternativetopromotesignificantchanges in therelationshipbetweensocietyandnature. In thepresentwork, an approach for teachingbatterieswasdevelopedwhere a socio-environmentalviewoftheconceptswasprioritized, in additiontopromoting debate andraisingreflectionsabouttheenvironmentallycorrectdisposalofthesematerials. The resultsofthisworkshowedthat it is possible to positively impact students, through the teaching of chemistry, making them understand the relation ships that human beings play in nature anddevelop in the same sustainable attitudes and values.