Environmental Science Worksheets for a Comic Strip

Environmental Science Graphic Novel/Comic Strip

A practical and engaging teaching resource that you'll want to add to your curriculum is the Environmental Science Graphic Novel/Comic Strip. This educational tool is designed with third, fourth, and fifth-grade students in mind, making it a versatile inclusion for multiple grade levels.

Content & Inclusion in curriculum

The content of this activity is centered around Earth's day or human impact standard learning exercise. This can be integrated into various classroom settings; whether as an interesting segment during lessons on caring for our Earth or as a finale for the unit, sparking discussions and reinforcing learnt concepts.

Main Activity & Objective

An essential part of this exercise requires students to create their informative graphic novel (comic book) or comic strip about an environmental issue along with a hero who guides us through addressing these issues effectively. Alongside creativity, this resource encourages students' research faculties - they must design corrective actions that can reverse or lessen our influence over natural resources.

Key Features Include:
• Clear student directions.
• Rigorous rubrics alongside planning sheets serving as nonfiction research guides.

Skill Development Focus

A pivotal part of writing skill development follows next–students will brainstorm ideas for their heroes which will help enhance their imaginative thinking capabilities whilst keeping it aligned with language standards mapped out in common core science standard 3 mandate.

The Environmental Science Graphic Novel/Comic Strip product comes in a readily accessible PDF format.

*Updated directions (April 2020)

*Updated rubric (April 2020)

*Planning sheets and guide for nonfiction research

*Planning sheet for writing and brainstorming hero

*Teacher notes that help determine whether to use as an assignment or end of unit activity

*Standard alignment for language and science standards