Undergraduate students on the first year of Chemistry Courses are unfamiliar with the representation of acid-base reactions using the ionic equation H+ + OH- → H2O. A chemistry class was proposed about acid-base reactions using theory and experimental evaluation of neutralization heat to discuss the energy involved when water is formed from H+ and OH- ions. The experiment is suggested using different strong acids and strong base pairs. The presentation of the theme within a chemistry class for high school teachers increased the number of individuals that saw the acid-base reaction from this perspective.

A introdução do assunto qualidade, segundo as necessidades de mercado abre espaço para a discussão da qualidade como necessidade pessoal, e também para a formação do cidadão/profissional, além de introduzir assuntos específicos de administração de empresas. Dessa forma, foi oferecida uma disciplina optativa para os alunos do Instituto de Química do Campus de Araraquara, abordando o tema Qualidade e foi denominada "Gestão da Qualidade" por três anos seguidos. Da avaliação geral do curso extraiu-se que ele deveria ser realizado sempre, que o tema é atual e relevante e contribui para a formação profissional/pessoal. Com relação ao comprometimento com o curso de graduação, cerca de metade dos alunos assume o seu comprometimento com os estudos e os restantes dizem estarem somente envolvidos. Conclui-se, portanto que o curso atingiu os seus objetivos propostos, introduziu os principais conceitos de qualidade segundo as normas da qualidade da série ISO 9000 e suscitou a discussão da formação do aluno/profissional/cidadão.

The introduction of the subject quality, according to the market needs opens space for the discussion of the quality as personal need, and also for the professional citizen's formation, besides introducing specific subjects of administration of companies. In that way, an optional discipline was offered for the students of the Chemistry Institute, approaching the theme "Quality and Administration of the Quality ", by three followed years. Of the general evaluation of the course it was extracted that it should always be accomplished, that the theme is current and important and it contributes to the personal/professional formation. With relationship to the compromising with the degree course, about of the students' half it assumes your compromising with the studies and the remaining ones say they are only involved. It is ended, therefore that the course reached your proposed objectives, it introduced the principal quality concepts according to the norms of the quality of the series ISO 9000 and it raised the discussion of the student's professional - citizen formation.