Abstract This paper explores project-based teaching practices integrating junior high school chemistry and aesthetic education, designing a 3-class-hour curriculum centered on “cyanotype cultural and creative work production”. Relying on cyanotype technology, students consolidate solution-related knowledge through experiments such as preparing 20% ammonium ferric citrate solution. Using the control variable method, they investigate the effects of exposure time, raw material volume ratio, and number of coating layers on cyanotype color depth, enhancing scientific inquiry skills. By designing and refining patterns with artistic forms like paper-cutting and plant leaves, students perceive chemical beauty through aesthetic evaluations of color and composition. This project-based approach integrates chemical knowledge, scientific methods, and artistic creation, strengthening experimental operation and variable analysis abilities while cultivating aesthetic perception and creativity, thus providing a practical paradigm for disciplinary aesthetic education.
KONG Shuo, YANG Qi-Hang, WANG Xi, ZHANG Xin-Ran. Cyanotype Cultural Creation: Integration Practice of Project-Based Teaching in Junior High School Chemistry and Aesthetic Education[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, 46(21): 34-40.
