STEM Literacy through Infographics2018-07-31T12:31:10-05:00

How to Make Infographics

What to Expect

See the Process

Getting Started

Jump In

Data: Finding, Using, Visualizing

Geek out

Images: Finding, Using, and Making

Get Expressive

Telling a Visual Story

Design Like a Pro

Revising and Critiquing

Almost done

Infographics in the Classroom

Why Infographics in the Classroom?

Creating infographics in classrooms and out-of-school programs supports STEM learning and affords teens the opportunity to make empirically-backed and visually-appealing argumentative claims, rather than simply parroting content they find. These learning experiences cultivates science inquiry to answer questions about their own lives and the lives of others.

Hear from Teachers and Students

Free Professional Development Workshop

Our free PD workshop is self-guided and can be done individually or with a group. Adapted from our in-person teacher workshops, these sessions guide you to create an infographic with attention to visual design, storytelling, and finding and communicating data. You will also develop curricular materials for creating infographics with your students, for supporting the feedback and revision process, and plans for showing their work to a public audience.

Dive In to the SLI Approach

Educator Resources

About SLI

Learn More about SLI
SLI is a collaboration of University of Colorado Boulder, Simon Fraser University, Saint Louis University, TERC, and teachers in Colorado, Missouri, and Massachusetts. Our team is developing and implementing a model of youth infographics-based data journalism to understand how participation in SLI leads to appropriation of STEM literacy (e.g., data literacy/mathematical reasoning, visual representation, credibility of sources) in diverse learning environments.
Learn More about SLI

Our Grant Team and Advisors are composed of experienced education researchers, data scientists, journalists, graphic designers, and communication experts from across the United States and Canada.

Meet the Team

The focus of the research is to understand how to design learning environments that foster young adults’ science literacy and engagement through authentic science news reporting with infographics.

Read our Research Papers

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. IIS-1217052, IIS-1441561, IIS-1441471, IIS-1441481, & DRL-0822354

The SLI website is designed by Ada Ren.