GEES: Graphic Enhanced Elementary Science

The goal of this project was to create and assess teacher professional development materials that support effective use of student-generated graphics for science learning in grades 2-5. The primary context of use is with science notebooks and kit-based experiments in the classroom. The materials will help teachers support the creation and use of graphics by students during inquiry activities and as a formative assessment tool.

Graphic Enhanced Elementary Science (GEES) was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and directed by the team of Drs. Eric Wiebe (Science Education), James Minogue (Elementary Science Education), and Mike Carter (Graduate School/Science Writing). This work built on previous work by the team on multimodal communication in science investigations with older students.

Funders

National Science Foundation

Partners

The Graduate School

Teams

STEM Cyberlearning

Project Team

Dr Eric N Wiebe

No Photo Available Dr Mike Carter

No Photo Available James Minogue