Visual Data in Science Education builds upon previous work done by the editorsto bring some definition to the meaning of visual data as it relates to education,and highlighted the breadth of types and uses of visual data across the majoracademic disciplines. In this book, the editors have brought this focus specificallyto science education through the contributions of colleagues in the field whoactively research about and engage in teaching with visual data. The book beginsby examining how the brain functions with respect to processing visual data, thenexplores models of conceptual frameworks, which then leads into how relatedideas are actuated in education settings ranging from elementary scienceclassrooms to college environments. As a whole, this book fosters a morecoherent image of the multifaceted process of science teaching and learning thatis informed by current understandings of science knowledge construction, thescientific enterprise, and the millennium student as they relate to visual data.