Comic books bring local STEM heroes to life Tuesday 07 June 2011
The Curriculum and Assessment Development team at CCEA has
recently produced a comic book series for Key Stage 2 and 3
pupils. The comics teach students about the extraordinary
achievements of some of Northern Ireland's unsung heroes in the
areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics). The comic series, entitled 'Norn Iron's Ordinary
Heroes!', brings alive the stories of people like Sir James
Martin who was born in Crossgar in 1893 and went on to invent
the ejector seat. Steve Myers, Director at the world-renown CERN
Institute, is pictured with the new comics below. (L-R) CCEA’s
Director of Education Strategy Richard Hanna and CCEA’s Learning
for Life and Work Manager Melanie Mulligan with Steve Myers,
Director of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear
Research. Steve Myers visited CCEA to catch-up on what has been
happening in relation to STEM since he attended the STEMWorks
launch event at the Pump-House earlier this y