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Physics Comic Book: A Classroom Resource For Engaging Students, Jacob Bukkila Apr 2016

Physics Comic Book: A Classroom Resource For Engaging Students, Jacob Bukkila

Undergraduate Research Symposium

For most students going through school, physics can be an intimidating course. Large and complicated textbooks are daunting, the material itself can sometimes be conceptually difficult, and on top of all that, physics uses the language of math to communicate ideas. Additionally, societal expectations have turned women away from the sciences, creating an unequal distribution of gender in science occupations. For these reasons, students are often intimidated by physics. The purpose of this project is to make physics more accessible to every student, especially women, through the use of a comic book. Comic books provide a multitude of advantages for …


Final Project, Tyler Keller Jan 2016

Final Project, Tyler Keller

Service-Learning

Tyler Keller's 2016 paper on his service-learning experiences in the AVID tutoring program .