POPPING BALLOONS: A FUN ACTIVITY TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN REVIEW OF CHEMICAL NOMENCLATURE AND STEREOCHEMISTRY BY USING EDUCATIONAL GAMES AND LOW-COST MATERIALS

In recent years, non-traditional educational activities in the classroom have become increasingly common to motivate and engage students to study subjects considered difficult to learn. This experience report describes one of these hybrid activities, integrating digital games and low-cost materials like party balloons, rubber bands, and pins in a fun environment in the classroom as a strategy to promote learning and interaction between Brazilian undergraduate and 12th-grade students who evaluated it positively. Specifically, the activity described used two digital games on the stereochemistry and nomenclature of organic compounds. Still, it can also be applied by using any games that cover other subjects.