This work involved the planning, implementation and evaluation of guided visits by public school students from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro to the National Museum of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The theoretical background is the Contextual Model of Learning with its personal, physical and sociocultural contexts as facilitators of learning in museums. The main objective was to analyze the visits in relation to learning, motivation and affective gains. It was also aimed to establish the National Museum as a setting for the development of a non-formal school chemistry class. Questionnaires were administered before, during and after visits. The results showed that the procedure and dynamic developed were able to provide cognitive and affective gains for the students. The physical context of the National Museum promotes the development of non-formal classes in Chemistry, especially for high school students.
Chemistry Education; High school; Non-formal education settings; National Museum (RJ)
