A week before the treatment, the Science Achievement Test and the Attitude Scale were
administered to both groups in a two course‐hour period in order to assess their backgrounds towards
topic and their attitudes towards teaching science through visual art activities. After pre‐tests, the
instructional treatment continued for
an eight‐week period in four course hour a week for both groups
which is the indicated instructional period of time given for “particulate nature of matter” in Turkish
Science and Technology Curriculum (MEB, 2005). The experimental group was taught the subjects based