Design of educational games oriented to chemical literacy on petroleum material

Abstract

This study uses the stages of the Research Based Design method to produce an educational game oriented to chemical literacy on petroleum material. This research is driven by the importance of a visual learning media in order to improve the ability of chemical literacy in petroleum material so that students can connect between knowledge of concepts and phenomena that occur. The aim of the study is to describe the appearance of educational games oriented to chemical literacy on petroleum material. Based on the results of the study, it is obtained that the chemical literacy-oriented educational game products in the form of chemical monopolies and chemical energy ladders which have characteristics such as game rules that modify the monopoly and snake ladders games equipped with questions oriented to chemical literacy, obstacles in the games show the levels of difficulty and levels of thinking as well as different visualizations that illustrate the context and application of petroleum.