ERIC Number: EJ1357641
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-7685
EISSN: EISSN-1938-4211
Storyboarding for Biology: An Authentic STEAM Experience
Babaian, Caryn; Kumar, Sudhir
American Biology Teacher, v84 n6 p328-335 Aug 2022
We introduce biology to the artist's design tool, the storyboard. This versatile organizing and visualizing artistic platform is introduced into the biology classroom to aid in an inventive and focused discovery process. Almost all biological concepts are dynamic, and storyboards offer biology, lecture, wet and computational labs, flexibility, inventiveness, and an opportunity for students to slow down the so-called steps of biological processes and moderate their observations. Storyboarding is a thoughtful and reflective discovery device with enormous potential to break with traditional biology classroom experiences and return to the root of the educational process: storytelling. It will encourage teachers to embark on the remodeling of the biological curriculum with specific technical skills that students and teachers should consider developing to make the STEAM experience tailored to the uniqueness of biological systems. Storyboards offer hands-on, illustrative, and interactive conversations about biology concepts. They are an "unplugged" and contemplative experiences, organizing frameworks for personal expression focused on biological wonders.
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Biology, Authentic Learning, STEM Education, Art Education, Teaching Methods, Freehand Drawing, Science Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 1661218; 1932765