Evaluation of an Educational Interactive Software for Microscopic Phenomena Related to the Structure of Matter

Abstract

A study about the evaluation and the presentation of a new educational interactive software that deals with physical phenomena like the structure of matter in a microscopic level using animated representations. This software was designed to be used for teaching basic concepts about the structure of atomic models and matter, aiming to help pupils to spot the differences in structure between solid, liquid and gas state. By visualising expansion and contraction, as well as the correlation between temperature and the speed of particle movement in matter. The presentation of the software is accompanied by the results of its use in the classroom, where it is reflected that it has helped to cope with cognitive difficulties that are widely reported in the bibliography