Marie Tharp Women Scientists Women’s History Month
$4.95
Celebrate Women’s History Month with a powerful science story your students will love. This comic introduces students to oceanographic pioneer Marie Tharp, whose groundbreaking work mapping the ocean floor helped confirm the theory of plate tectonics.
Students will discover how Marie’s research revealed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and provided the missing evidence Alfred Wegener needed to support his once-controversial theory of continental drift.
This print-and-go comic is perfect for middle school science and ideal for visual learners, reluctant readers, and English language learners (ESL, ELL).
Combine science, history, and literacy in one accessible, engaging resource!
What do you get?
Plate Tectonics: Marie Tharp Comic
- Highly visual and engaging content providing an overview of Marie Tharp’s story
- Color and B&W
- Print up as a handout, poster, or anchor chart
- A great addition to interactive science notebooks
- Great for Women’s History Month in Science
- Makes a great science coloring sheet
- Get off the screens and put reading in their hands
Guided Notes
- Fill-in-the-blank style guided notes
- Solidifies understanding and keeps students involved
- Another great addition to interactive science notebooks
- A good homework option
Doodle Notes Worksheet
- Builds on your learners’ understanding of the concepts
- Encourages students to apply what they have learned
- Engage the more artistic learners in your classroom
- Serves as a great homework option or additional support
Easel Activity
- Easy to upload to your virtual classrooms
- Great homework or make-up work option
Bonus! Marie Tharp Women’s History Month Word Search
Answer Keys
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What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?
They are FUN!
- This is the most crucial benefit.
- Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
- The content STICKS.
Visual learning is EFFECTIVE.
- About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
- Visual information is processed faster.
- Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.
EASY to implement!
- These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
- You only need to make copies, upload supplementals to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
- Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.
ACTIVE LEARNING
- Every lesson plan has a low-prep, wallet-friendly, hands-on component.
- Instructions are in a visual format
- Follow-up questions or a lab report are always included
Comics make content ACCESSIBLE
- Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
- Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
- They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
- Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
- Comics help English Language Learners (ESL, ELL) and some SPED students find success.
Be the hip teacher seizing the graphic novels craze. Your students will LOVE it!
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