The purpose of this study was to analyze the need for teaching tools based on socio scientific issue (SSI) on acid-base topics. The researcher explored the learning process and the characteristic of teaching tools which usually used by teachers in public and private high schools in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A qualitative descriptive study was used in this study. The participants of this study were 16 (9 females and 7 males) chemistry teachers selected by purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire containing several aspects, such as teaching tools, characteristics of teaching tools, and teacher's knowledge about the SSI. The questionnaire had been developed and validated before its use in this study. The data were analyzed descriptively. Based on the study of needs analysis showed that the teaching tools used by the teachers on acid-base topic were still less relevant to student life, did not train students' critical thinking skills, did not contain socio-scientific issues, and did not teach students to solve problems yet seen from various aspects. Hence, for the future, it is required to have SSI-based teaching tools on acid-base topics that can make learning more relevant, and train students' critical thinking skills.
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