Webinar:
Science
Intro
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Best Practice #1 — Explain It
Select a topic—like a scientific law or natural phenomenon—to depict in one comic panel. Prepare an instruction panel with a suitable background, a character with a speech bubble, and a clear prompt. Share the comic prompt with students, who will remix it to create their explanation. See the handout for instructions, activity variations, and differentiation strategies.
Best Practice #2 — Pick It
Select or remix a comic from a story starter or lesson idea, editing it to include one “false” panel for students to identify and correct. Guide students to pinpoint the inaccurate panel and rewrite it to reflect accurate information, using the task as a knowledge check and discussion starter. See the handout for instructions, activity variations, and differentiation strategies.
Best Practice #3 — Summarize It
Choose a complex science process or concept and create (or find) a comic that demonstrates it, with placehholder speech bubbles and captions. Have students replace the placeholder text with accurate explanations, incorporating all provided vocabulary terms. See the handout for instructions, activity variations, and differentiation strategies.
Recap
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Associated Research
Adbo, K & AAkesson-Nilsson, G. (2022). Moving beyond the language–Visualizing chemical concepts through one’s own creative expression. Frontiers in Education, 28 December 2022, Sec. STEM Education, Volume 7-2022.
Evagorou, M., Erduran, S., & Mäntylä, T. (2015). The role of visual representations in scientific practices: From conceptual understanding and knowledge generation to ‘seeing’ how science works. International Journal of STEM Education, 2, Article 11.
Purnell, K. N. & Solman, R. T. (1991). The influence of technical illustrations on students’ comprehension in geography. Reading Research Quarterly, 26(3), 277–299.
