Faria, CláudiaValente, BianorTorres, Joana2025-06-092025-06-092024Faria, C., Valente, B., & Torres, J. (2024). Potentialities of science comics for science communication: lessons from the classroom. Journal of Science Communication, 23(8), N02. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.230808021824-2049http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/101434The aim of this pilot study was to understand how the use of science comics can promote students’ engagement with science, in order to discuss its potentialities as a tool to communicate science for the general public, even when involves more complex scientific knowledge. The qualitative study involved 175 students and 7 teachers. The results revealed that the use of comics significantly increases students’ motivation and commitment to the learning tasks. All participants highlighted that the narrative nature of the comics, with a mixture of text and images, offering a story to follow, contribute to their engagement with the scientific topic.engPublic engagement with science and technologyScience educationVisual communicationjournal article10.22323/2.23080802