Criminal dactyloscopy as a Motivational Theme in Chemistry Teaching
Keywords:
chemistry teaching, forensic chemistry, criminal fingerprinting, teaching and meaningful learningAbstract
Observing the scenario of teaching chemistry in high school, where there are still great difficulties regarding teaching methodologies and also the acceptance of this science by students, this work brings suggestions for the use of the concepts of dactyloscopy, a specific technique of forensic chemistry, encouraging its use in experimental chemistry classes for 3rd grade high school students, in order to make a link between the reality of these students with the theoretical definitions of chemistry, thus making the teaching of chemistry meaningful.