Tabuleiro Sináptico (Synaptic Board)

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Synaptic Board is an educational game developed by SciMakers group for Synaptic Transmission teaching, taught in Physiology. The goal of the game is make the study of nature dynamic and fun. The most important items to play are: data, pawns, board and an Android phone for questions. At the beginning of the game, students must choose a piece to represent during the game and keep it in mind. Three types of pawns will be available: 1 representing the neurotransmitter noradrenaline (yellow pawn), 1 representing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (green pawn) and 1 referring to an ion (blue pawn). The player must reach a specific end, being adrenergic receptor, cholinergic receptor or communicating junction, in that order. The pawns were designed in Fusion 360 software and printed. The board was designed in Illustrator software, written on photographic paper, size A2, built with 50 houses. There were 71 questions related to the application, being 28 of easy level, 25 of medium level and 19 of difficult level. To do this, an application was developed by MIT App Inventor, which must be downloaded by one of the students who owns an Android operating system. The quizz was built with 3 levels from the 3 levels of questions, being which, according to the home page, must raffle a corresponding question of level. From this, the luckus application guides and indicates whether it is a static training or not, and the player moves forward or backward as corresponding homes.