Carbon Comics « Center for Applied Isotope Studies (CAIS)

Designed for a 5th grade reading level, these bilingual comics are aligned with national and state educational standards for the middle and high school grades. Comics may be used in the classroom as part of the instructional materials or as an extracurricular informal learning activity.

Cover of Carbon Comics about radiocarbon dating, featuring scientists, a prehistoric human, ancient animals, and a bone fragment, with the title in Spanish. A group of people, some holding Carbon Comics issues, stand in front of a building. Carbon Comics presents Unlocking the Past! Archaeology of the Cattle Economy in Colonial Charleston, South Carolina, featuring a vibrant comic book cover with two people and a cow illustration.

To request physical copies of the Carbon Comics please contact the CAIS front office at cais@uga.edu.

Carbon Comic 1: Radiocarbon Dating

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Educational Standards

Middle Grades

NGSS MS-LS2-3
NGSS MS-ESS2-4

Upper Grades

Carbon Comic 2: Archaeometallurgy

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Educational Standards

Middle Grades

Upper Grades

Carbon Comic 3: Archaeology of the Cattle Economy

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For the Classroom

Educational Standards

Middle Grades

Georgia Science Standards
- S7L4
Georgia Social Studies Standards
- SS8H1
- SS8H2
Next Generation Science Standards
South Carolina Social Studies Standards
- 8.1.CE
- 8.1.P
- 8.1.CC

Upper Grades

Georgia Science Standards
- SB1
- SB5
- SBO3
- SBO5
- SC1
- SEC1
- SEC3
- SEC4
- SEV1
- SEV2
- SEV4
Georgia Social Studies Standards
- SSUSH1
- SSWH10
Next Generation Science Standards
- HS-LS1-5
- HS-LS2-4
- HS-LS2-6
South Carolina Science Standards
- H.B.6B
- H.B.6B.1
- H.E.3A
- H.E.3A.8
South Carolina Social Studies Standards
- HG.2.3.HS
- HG.5.5.PR

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