Informal education of aerosol science by animation – Theory and practice

Abstract

Abstract Aerosol science is a scientific field with abstract and figurative characteristics. The object we are facing is extremely tiny matter, but its influence is actually happening to us. Therefore, how to make the general public aware of the basic nature of aerosol science and technology, making effective strategies is an important task for aerosol science researchers. This paper proposes a science education method that uses animation as an informal education method for aerosol science. First, to explore how to deal with the main methods of aerosol science in informal education. Then, the relevant knowledge of aerosol is deconstructed, classified, and then the textbook is constructed by animation. There are a total of forty-two episodes of the animations built, all placed on YouTube. This result is now available for web users to browse and collect user responses for future improvements.