Graphic Enhanced Elementary Education Project Receives Additional Funds
The project Multimodal Science: Graphic Enhanced Elementary Science recently received a $37,000 supplemental grant from the National Science Foundation to continue their work in elementary science education. The project aims to improve teachers’ understanding of and capacity to use graphic communications with grades 2-5 students within the context of science notebooks and inquiry-based activities. They are creating professional development modules that help teachers better understand the role of graphics in science and science education. Additional materials will provide teachers with specific strategies for supporting student production of and learning through scientific graphics.
Dr. Eric Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and Associate Professor of Math, Science and Technology Education is the project’s Principal Investigator. Drs. James Minogue and Mike Carter are Co-Principal Investigators for the project. More information can be found online.