ANALYSIS OF LEARNING FROM ENERGY METABOLISM IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOCHEMISTRY EXHIBITION.

Abstract

This work aims to show students the possibilities of the 2nd period of the course of Physical Education at the Salgado de Oliveira University-UNIVERSO, Campus Belo Horizonte to come into direct contact with the chemistry of molecules related to metabolism, during the construction of molds; performance of laboratory practices involving functions of carbohydrates, lipids, enzymes and nucleotides, and analysis of graphs of Biochemistry of exercise and training. This practice is a methodology for Basic Biochemistry discipline, which seeks changes in attitudes of students, to transform the knowledge gained in understanding the functions targeted for energy production. We use the "Biochemical Space” in the hall of block B, at UNIVERSO of Belo Horizonte, for exposure of molecules, graphics prepared by students, and photos of practices conducted in the laboratory from 2006 to 2007. The results are based on analysis of a questionnaire answered by 50 students at random, who made the discipline Basic Biochemistry. Of these, 94% agree that the process of montage of molecules it favors to the learning of its chemical components cellular metabolic activity, 98% say that the practices carried out in laboratories promote the learning of Biochemical concepts and 90% evaluate the exhibition as an invitation to the public for consideration of science's space. It follows that the practice helps in understanding the theory by facilitating learning and involvement with the content, and that the exposure of activities and history of photography is a time for internal integration and exchange of knowledge in different periods of the course of Physical Education.