Transmissions: Gone Viral is an interactive graphic novel about viruses and superhero scientists. Created by the New York Hall of Science. Click here to read the comic!
Ciencia en un cómic
Teaching Science with a Comic Book
New York Hall of Science Publishes Digital Interactive Science Comic Book
from the Press Release: “The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) has created an interactive, web-based comic book that explores diseases that can be spread from humans to other animals. Transmissions: Gone Viral can be downloaded online for free at nysci.org/transmissions.
Inspired by the 1999 West Nile Virus epidemic, Transmissions: Gone Viral follows a group of youngsters who investigate a virus plaguing animals and humans in their neighborhood.
Designed to appeal to middle school students, the three main characters are neighborhood children – Maria, Rani and Eduardo.
The youngsters first come across a dead crow and soon learn reports of more dead birds, as well as a mysterious illness that is affecting some elderly neighbors, including Eduardo and Maria’s grandmother.
Fearful for its citizens’ wellbeing, the town plans to cancel its big parade that the characters have been planning to participate in for weeks.”
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