| Summary: | Comics have an important role in non-formal learning environments. However, how comics may be
effective teaching/learning activitities in formal education is an ongoing debate in literature. The
purpose of this study is to create and evaluate a series of instructional comics about heat related
concepts to be used as teaching/learning activities in real classroom settings. This research is designed
as a case study aiming to observe and explain students’ reactions to the implementation of an
instructional intervention. In this study, six instructional comics about heat related concepts having
empty speech balloons were constructed and implemented to a group of 6th graders as balloon
completing activities. It was observed that many students completed empty balloons with several
wrong statements, and it was concluded that students’ wrong statements have crucial feedback for
dealing with students’ preconceptions about science concepts.
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