Plastics, yes or not? Developing scientific practices with high school students

Abstract

The project was developed with 1st year high school students is presented in relation to the subject of plastics, its main applications and the environmental problems that derive from its use. Starting from a teaching collaboration of the university teaching center, a sequence of activities was designed to develop scientific competence through argumentation, inquiry and modeling practices. Data were collected through audio and video recording, which were transcribed and analyzed. The results obtained show high levels of performance of the skills involved in the scientific practice studied and a high degree of involvement and interest on the part of the students, based on the active role they have developed in the work guided through questions.