Abstract
Electrochemistry is part of the teaching of chemistry and is considered a critical place in the curriculum for its abstraction and interdisciplinary overlap. Simulations could be a means to ease these difficulties for students, but now they are not a regular part of teaching.
The aim of the research is implementation simulations in the teaching of electrochemistry at grammar school. This article describe the results of semi-structured interviews with ten chemistry teachers at grammar schools.
The interviews were focused on the implementation of electrochemistry teaching at secondary school, teaching strategies, critical areas of the curriculum and the use of simulations in teaching. The interviews showed that electrochemistry is most often discussed as one of the examples of redox reactions.
Teachers most often use videos and diagrams to teach electrochemistry. Simulations would most often be used by teachers to repeat and consolidate the subject matter.
They see electrolysis and the galvanic cell as the most problematic areas of electrochemistry. According to the respondents, students most often make mistakes in moving electrons during reactions.