Here are some excerpts from their reflections: Many students also wrote that after sharing their work with others, they felt a sense of empowerment and that they had, hopefully, made a genuine impact on the people they presented to.
In reading the student reflections on their experience with sharing their infographics with others, many of them identified how they felt nervous as many of them (high school freshman) have never done something like this before. By having students present their work to their family members and friends, students worked with the content in an authentic setting. This was the part of the project I enjoyed the most. Then I asked my students to share their infographic with a family member or friend and write a reflection on their experience doing so. (Image courtesy of Merek Chang)Īn infographic created by one of Merek Chang's students explaining how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine works. An infographic created by one of Merek Chang's students explaining how the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine works. Students used existing sources to research their infographics, but independently wrote the steps and chose the images for their infographic through BioRender. I gave my students some basic infographic templates, video and online resources on the different COVID-19 vaccines, and a rubric to follow to generate their infographics.
SCIENCE INFOGRAPHIC RUBRIC GENERATOR
Through the process of creating their COVID-19 infographics, students had to evaluate online sources, analyze different forms of media and present information in a manner which made sense to them.įor this project I used BioRender, a free infographic and poster generator to be used specifically for science projects. Instead, I have turned to media making projects where students have to demonstrate their mastery of the content through their ability to present and communicate what they have learned with others. To help them learn this process, I had them create an infographic on how the various COVID-19 vaccines work.ĭuring distance learning, measuring student understanding of content through traditional multiple choice and free response exams has been difficult. Both mRNA (used in the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines) and DNA (used in the Johnson and Johnson vaccine) are key pieces in the process of protein synthesis.
SCIENCE INFOGRAPHIC RUBRIC HOW TO
But with viral vector and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in the forefront of the daily news cycle, it gave me an idea on how to make protein synthesis more relevant to my freshman students. If you’re a high school biology teacher like me, transcription and translation (also known as protein synthesis or the central dogma of DNA) are not necessarily the most exciting material. Learn how to incorporate infographics into your STEM classroom at our workshop on April 29 at 4pm PT: Infographics to Strengthen Data Literacy and Student Voice in Science. Merek Chang is a high school chemistry and engineering teacher in Southern Califronia and is a KQED Media Literacy Innovator.
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