As educators begin to embrace comic books, graphic novels and other aspects of pop-culture as teaching tools, we often get the question about whether any of these materials are useful for teaching STEM. The answer is YES!
This is number 3, in our articles featuring lists of comics that fit STEM requirements, and here, we focus on high school level learners.
Many of these recommendations were made with the help of other educators and comics enthusiasts.
Believe it or not, the two often overlap. 🙂
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Science Comics Series
- Laika (https://www.nickabadzis.com/laika-graphic-novel/)
- Feynman (https://us.macmillan.com/feynman/jimottaviani/9781596438279/)
- Primates (https://www.amazon.com/Primates-Fearless-Science-Goodall-Galdikas/dp/1596438657)
- Tetris (https://us.macmillan.com/tetris/boxbrown/9781626723153/)
- Secret Coders Series (http://www.secret-coders.com/buy-the-books/)
- Castle in the Stars (https://www.tor.com/2017/09/07/comic-excerpts-alex-alice-castle-in-the-stars/)
- Astronaut Academy (http://www.astronautacademy.com/)
High School Level Science Comics
- Clan Apis (Hosler) (http://jayhosler.com/books.html)
- Evolution: The Story of Life On Earth (Hosler) (http://jayhosler.com/books.html)
- Graphic Guides Series (Icon Books) (http://www.introducingbooks.com/)
- GT Labs Series (Ottaviani) (http://www.gt-labs.com/)
- How to Fake A Moon Landing (Cunningham) (http://www.abramsbooks.com/product/how-to-fake-a-moon-landing_9781419706899/)
- Larry Gonick’s Cartoon Guides Series (http://www.larrygonick.com/)
- Neurocomic (Ros, Farinella) (http://www.neurocomic.org/)
- Science: A Discovery in Comics (de Heer) (http://margreetdeheer.com/eng/science.html)
- The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA (Schultz et al) (https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-Life-Graphic-Guide-Genetics/dp/0809089475)
High School Level Tech, Engineering and Math Comics
- Logicomix: The Epic Search for Truth (Doxiadis et al) (https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/logicomix/author/apostolos-doxiadis/)
- Factoring with Mr. Yang (webcomic) (http://www.geneyang.com/factoring/)
- Graphic Guides Series (Icon Books) (http://www.introducingbooks.com/)
- Larry Gonick’s Cartoon Guides Series (http://www.larrygonick.com/)
- Strange Attractors (Soule & Scott) (http://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Strange-Attractors/Charles-Soule/9781608869763)
- The Manga Guide to Calculus (Kokima) (https://nostarch.com/mg_calculus.htm)
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