trueCollege of Natural Science,Plant Biology07/17/2023A comic book developed by MSU educators and plant scientists is being used in area schools to reshape how high schoolers learn science. The main characters in the comic book, Maia and William above), encourage each other — and students — to be curious.

• At MSU, a cross-disciplinary collaboration is bringing an active plant research project into high school classrooms to turn students into scientists at school and in their everyday lives.
• The goal is to make learning more student-driven and engaging while broadening conceptions about who gets to participate in science.
• Using a comic book and hands-on experiments with yellow monkeyflowers, the program shows students how they can use science, even if they don’t pursue science careers.
• The team is piloting its curriculum in partnership with community leaders in Flint and Genesee County in Michigan.

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