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KMID : 1059520080520030315
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Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
2008 Volume.52 No. 3 p.315 ~ p.321
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Chemical Codes in Chemistry Posters
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Han Jae-Young
Lee Gi-Jong
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Abstract
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The posters are the tools to communicate authors’ idea with others by visual image and a little word. Every discipline has its own sign with specific meaning shared by the members of the discipline. Chemists and students learning chemistry, therefore, will communicate with each other by specific chemical signs (codes). The Korean Chemical Society has held the feast of drawing chemistry posters by students nationwide since 2004. In 2004 and 2005, more than three thousands of posters were submitted, and about one hundred and fifty posters were selected as the prize winners. The award was divided by the grade levels of elementary, middle, and high school. This study explores the codes of chemistry used in students’ posters. With the analysis of the visual elements and the verbal elements of posters, 7 chemical codes were found such as the liquid, the experiment apparatus, the graduations, the chemical language, scientists, the earth and environment, and things around us. In addition, the differences were investigated on the grade levels, on awarded or non-awarded poster, and on the years. Educational implications of these findings are discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Chemistry Poster, Chemical Codes, Chemical Language
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