After seeing inequities in science education throughout her 25-year teaching career, a UA chemistry instructor is taking a novel approach to solving the problem: She’s writing comic books to help kids better understand the fundamentals...
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Alum writes comic books that help kids solve the mysteries of chemistry
As a first-year student at the University of Richmond in 1984, Colleen Kelley loved her chemistry course. But she got a C on her first exam. She walked back to her dorm in Lora Robins...
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Colleen Kelley graduated in 1991 with a Ph.D. in chemistry at Penn State. After graduating, she pursued a career in academia that led her to her current teaching position at the University of Arizona. Teaching...
Read MoreUArizona instructor makes chemistry fun by creating comic books
Bivian ContrerasMarch 25, 2022 TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A chemistry instructor at the University of Arizona creates comics not only to make chemistry fun but to make it easier for students to learn. Colleen Kelley...
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Not only are comic-book characters a great tool for science education—so is the medium itself, as Colleen Kelley aims to show with Kids’ Chemical Solutions, a series of comic books she created to teach general...
Read MoreUArizona professor changes the narrative about chemistry through comic books
One University of Arizona instructor hopes to change the narrative when it comes to chemistry through comic books. “I want people to be like, wow, you know, I had so much fun learning chemistry and...
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