Inspiring STEAM Learning With Comics

Text and images team up in a series of new comics to inspire STEAM learning.

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1. Inspiring STEAM Learning With Comics Vietanh Nguyen
2. What Is STEAM Learning? STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering and MathemaAcs STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and MathemaAcs The incorporaAon of Arts is to recognize that to be successful in technical fields, individuals must also be creaAve and use criAcal thinking skills which are best developed through exposure to the arts.
3. What Is Comics? “Comics is a medium used to express ideas by images, oLen combined with text or other visual informaAon.” -- Wikipedia
4. The Goal “The highest goal would be to view science from the viewpoint of the arAst and art from the viewpoint of life.” -- Nietzsche
5. Introducing New Comic Series Available on Amazon.com
6. The Adventures of Allison and Friends A comic series for young readers exploring the world of everyday chemistry, where chemistry language is treated as a natural language with chemical structures as words in a visual narra5ve. Samples from the series are as follows.
7. The Context of a Chemical Structure is depicted in the Visual Narra?ve 2-methylundecanal This compound smells herbaceous, orange, and ambergris-like. It is used in a presAgious perfume, namely Chanel No. 5.
8. The Context of a Chemical Structure is depicted in the Visual Narra?ve Limonene Limonene takes its name from the lemon as the rind of the lemon, like other citrus fruits, contains considerable amounts of this compound, which contributes to their odor. Limonene is a chiral molecule – with (R)-limonene smelling like orange and (S)-limonene smelling like lemon.
9. The Context of a Chemical Structure is depicted in the Visual Narra?ve Silk Protein Molecule What is shown here is known as the pleated structure of the molecules making up silk , where chains of the protein molecule are aligned side-by- side with every other chain aligned in the opposite direcAon. One source of such silk molecules is the thick mat of byssus threads of a pen shell used to anchor it in the seabed.
10. The Context of a Chemical Structure is depicted in the Visual Narra?ve Anthocyanin absorbs light in the blue-green wavelengths, allowing the red wavelengths to be scaSered by leaf Assues and make them visible to us in shades of red, purple and crimson.
11. The Context of a Chemical Structure is depicted in the Visual Narra?ve Amylose and amylopec?n are two varieAes of glucose polymer making up – in respecAve proporAons of 30-70% or 20-80% - what is known as starch, a common ingredient among such food as mashed potatoes, bread, gravy and sauce… While amylose is an unbranched chain of glucose units, amylopecAn is highly branched with amyloselike chains.
12. The Energy Game A series of book-and-board-game combinaAons introducing molecular and cellular building blocks early to young children to promote healthy eaAng.
13. A Puzzle Journey through Africa A picture book series based on the story of two youngsters named Abai and Ayana accompanying their parents on a trip through Africa, during which a visual impression of contemporary African life and customs provides the backdrops for a selecAon of sAmulaAng and challenging puzzles introducing concepts in math, sciences, probability and sta5s5cs, and opera5ons research… Samples from the series are as follows.
14. Applica?on of Dynamic Programming Would Abai and Ayana be able to determine the op5mal load for their family van at the start of the trip?
15. Applica?on of Graph Theory Would Abai and Ayana be able to locate their father among the beach huts based on his foot tracks?
16. Applica?on of Bayesian Analysis Would Abai and Ayana be able to help a Maasai warrior locate a radio-collared lion?
17. Applica?on of Lotka-Volterra Model What did Abai and Ayana learn about simulaAng an ecosystem consisAng of predators (lions) and preys (wildebeest)? How predators affect prey populaAons and vice versa?
18. Applica?on of Sta?s?cs What would be the right sample size for Abai and Ayana to use in their quick sampling of wildlife around Murombodzi waterfall on Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique?
19. Applica?on of Fermi Method How would their father go about esAmaAng the fishing potenAal of a local sea before opening the family purse strings for an investment?
20. Abai and Ayana at the Namib-NaukluL Park, Namibia Thank you for viewing. Any quesAons or feedback can be directed to author on LinkedIn.