Written for Science Visualization, authored by Alana Todd-Rodriguez

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Amanda Rockler explains how to write a better title and abstract for a scientific paper in a few simple steps.

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Alyssa Wellman Houde … For our last week in class, we decided to focus on a topic that puts all of the graphics we have developed and techniques we have honed over the semester to use: web design. While creating your own website can seem a bit intimidating initially, a website can be a great way to showcase and provide credibility to your work. It’s important to make sure your site is compatible across different formats. Responsive Web Design Concept by Flash Alexander.

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I met with my Science Visualization classmates in person for the first time at the Maryland Chapter of the American Planning Association workshop: Translating science for comprehensive and environmental plans, held at the Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology Laboratory at the Horn Point Laboratory . The goal of this workshop was to explore potential strategies for implementing science into property planning and facilitating community engagement.

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Jessie Todd … As the semester draws to an end, we are wrapping up our Data and Visualization course by applying the tools and skills we have learned at a workshop held by the Maryland Chapter of the American Planning Association. This workshop is our platform to practice and perfect all the concepts we have been using, and transform them into 3 minute presentations.

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Natalie Peyronnin … Now that we know all about how to communicate science through crafting the message, conceptual diagrams, data visualization, maps, photography and videography, it’s time to bring all those pieces together to present a complete story. There are many different platforms that can be used to tell the story of your research, including presentations, posters, reports, videos and websites.

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Jamie Currie … Color correction can make a substantial difference to the feel of the image. Image credit: Color Correction, created by Jaroslav Petráš, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 … Who tells your story? And how do they tell it? Well, that's going to depend on your story's images. Our most recent class covered the second half of the photography and video unit.

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Erin Reilly … Science Photography and Videography is more than just a pretty picture. With this week's assignments to find and take photographs to use in a report and short clips to use in a video, we had a lot to cover. When I started this blog, it seemed like everything was unrelated. I couldn't see how it fit together. But as I sat down to write there was a theme that came through both the photography and the videography discussions, and that was story.

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Lexy McCarty … One might try to argue that maps are irrelevant in today’s society due to the creation of the GPS, which allows anyone to enter their desired destination into a device, online program, or even a wide array of mobile phone applications to obtain detailed directions in less time than it probably took you to read this sentence. How did Christopher Columbus ever make it to the New World before this technology was available?!

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Tom Butler … What does a man named Tony Kushner have to do with a data visualization course? He’s quotable. Mr. Kushner’s use of words creates a vibrant image of a situation that might otherwise go unseen: "A compass, I learned when I was surveying, it'll... it'll point you true north from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps, deserts and chasms that you'll encounter along the way.

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