Comics for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

comicdetail Comics are a combination of words and pictures – what better way to explore and explain science, technology, engineering, and math?

In 2012, I created SCIENCE! Comics for the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture; you can view them below or find them archived here.

For NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center, I created a choose-your-own-adventure style comic book and a coloring and activity book that could be printed in house and handed out at NOAA outreach events. They’re both available free on NOAA’s website; direct links here and here (please note that these are heavy PDF files).

I’ve also written about using comics in the classroom; you can find a summary here and my article on teaching STEM with comics for GettingSmart.com. I collaborated with Dr. Jonathan Calede to create a comic-style teaching activity to help students understand the fossil record, which we are currently in the process of writing up for publication on CourseSource.

SCIENCE! Comic

The first "SCIENCE! Comic" created for the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (click to enlarge)

SCIENCE! Comic

"SCIENCE! Comic" created for the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (click View More to enlarge)

SCIENCE! Comic

"SCIENCE! Comic" created for the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (click View More to enlarge)

SCIENCE! Comic

"SCIENCE! Comic" created for the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (click View More to enlarge)

"Plankton"

A page from "Our Marine Neighbords" coloring book comic created for NOAA (click View More to enlarge)

"Groundfish"

A page from "Our Marine Neighbords" coloring book comic created for NOAA (click View More to enlarge; download the whole comic as a PDF from: https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/education/documents/Activity%20Book%202012%20Final%208.5x11.pdf)

"NOAA League: Hiring Heroes"

A page from "Hiring Heroes" choose-your-own-adventure comic book created for NOAA (click View More below to download the whole PDF)

"Hiring Heroes"

A page from "Hiring Heroes" choose-your-own-adventure comic book created for NOAA (click View More to enlarge; download the whole comic as a PDF from: https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/education/documents/NOAA%20Career%20guide%20(1).pdf)