INTRODUCTIONWhen students learn organic chemistry, they arefrequently overwhelmed by the amount andcomplexity of the information that they are supposedto acquire (Knudtson, 2015). Particularly, organic chemistryencompasses an enormous variety of organic compounds. Hence,these compounds are grouped into “functional groups” sinceeach functional group provides specific chemical properties andapplications (Atkins and Jones, 2006). Learning and teaching offunctional groups in high school has traditionally been driven in amemoristic way in which the examples of organic compounds areusually molecules that students have never heard of. This approachdoes not allow for students to apply this knowledge in other topics,such as chemical reactions, therefore, often becoming frustratingfor both students and teachers (Byrd and Hildreth, 2001).