Ciência Hoje articles as a didatic tool in chemistry teaching

[摘要] This paper presents the results from the selection and analysis of Ciência Hoje articles published from 2004 to 2009 with the aim to discuss some of their features which can assist teachers in chemistry teaching. Therefore, the articles were analyzed according to their content and format based on an analytical tool proposed by Kawamura and colleagues. The results indicate that this magazine offers a reasonable collection of articles related to chemistry with a variety of contents and approaches.

[学科分类] 化学（综合）

[关键词] chemistry education;popular science texts;Ciência Hoje magazine.