This is a phenomenal project I did with Dr. Jeff Bennett. I joined his team in August 2019 as science illustrator, content editor, web developer and NGSS specialist. Below is Dr. Bennett’s summary of the project, the image links to our online textbook that is freely available for all!

This web-based title, offered for free, represents a preliminary draft of a digital textbook intended for Middle School Earth and Space Science, typically taught in 8th grade. Over time, we hope to complete this current draft, enhance it with additional video, interaction, and assessment, and then develop similar drafts for Physical Science (typically 6th grade) and Life Science (typically 7th grade) courses. The eventual goal is to create a complete, coherent, middle school science curriculum, digitally distributed at low or no cost for teachers and students around the world.
– Dr. Jeff Bennett

“Xana has been working with me to create a digital curriculum for middle school science (grade8science.com), and she has been amazing. She does virtually all of the web work and illustration, and her strong background in physics, astrophysics, and general science makes her an outstanding editor, collaborator, and writer. I don’t think the project could have succeeded without her, and I have no doubt that she has the ability to fantastic work on any and all science education and outreach projects.” — Jeffrey Bennett