Storytelling -Antarctica Superheroes
Funded by the National Science Foundation, Antarctic Superheroes is a graphic novel created to educate the next generation of scientists about the Polar Regions and their importance to the global ecosystem.
GOAL
The Biology Department approached us to create a comic that follows the journey of a group of scientists while exploring Antarctica during the International Polar Year. Our goal was to increase student awareness among K-12 students to pursue a college degree in Science and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in other STEM fields. As the Creative Director at Academic Technologies, I led a team of scientists, designers, and illustrators to make this happen.
PROCESS
By adapting dialogs from film footage and gathering academic material provided by our scientists, we were able to develop a combination of comic strips, fact sheets, and classroom activities.
RESULT
Antarctic Superheroes Vol. 1 was presented at various conferences around the world, including the IPY Oslo Science Conference 2010, and was published by the American Geophysical Union as part of Antarctic Super Heroes: Using a Graphic Novel to Teach Students About Polar Science.
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