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<journal-id>0187-893X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Educación química]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Educ. quím]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-893X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Química]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-893X2021000200021</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fq.18708404e.2021.2.76553</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Indagación sobre la degradación de plásticos con estudiantes de secundaria]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Inquiry about the degradation of plastics with high school students]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María del Mar]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Franco-Mariscal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio Joaquín]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Granada  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Málaga  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>21</fpage>
<lpage>36</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-893X2021000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-893X2021000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-893X2021000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La contaminación por plásticos supone un reto social y educativo con una necesidad urgente de respuesta. La práctica científica de indagación se muestra como un enfoque adecuado para afrontar este problema en la educación secundaria al permitir desarrollar destrezas de investigación y actitudes hacia la química. Este trabajo presenta una indagación sobre la degradación de plásticos en el medio natural llevada a cabo con estudiantes españoles de secundaria (14-15 años), donde aprenden sobre sus posibles transformaciones físicas y químicas, y sus consecuencias para el medio ambiente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Plastic pollution represents a social and educational challenge that requires an urgent response. Scientific practice of inquiry is an adequate approach to face this problem in secondary school. It allows to develop investigatory skills and attitudes towards chemistry. This paper presents the findings of an inquiry about the degradation of plastics in the natural environment carried out with Spanish high school students (14-15 years old) who learned about their possible physical and chemical transformations, and their environmental impact.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[plásticos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[degradación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[educación secundaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Inquiry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[plastics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[degradation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[secondary education]]></kwd>
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