Metaphors and metaphoric perceptions of 6th grade school students on global warming

In this study, the metaphors of the sixth grade students towards the concept of "Global Warming" were determined. The research was carried out with 500 students in Sivas province in the 2019-2020 academic year. Research data was obtained through a semi-structured questionnaire form. Open ended questionnaire question is similar to / like 'Global Warming …………'. Because ………… ". Content analysis method was used to analyze and interpret the collected data. According to the findings obtained from the research; students produced 84 metaphors for the concept of global warming. The metaphors, which are the highest percentage of metaphors produced in these concepts, were found to be melting of glaciers, sun and hot. It is determined that the bulgur coincides with the previous studies.