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New York Harbor NSF STEM Project Design Week, Part 2
...al group ‘ Superhero Clubhouse ’. This one act musical, with original songs and script incorporated accurate science , history, as well as Shakespeare . It appeared to be a hit for both the students and adults. Students gather for burgers, hot dog...
Northern Australia floodplains research workshop in Brisbane
... under the National Environment Research Program Northern Hub (NERP Northern) . Our goal is to piece together the larger story being told by individual research components. As always, it was exciting to learn more about a new ecosystem - although...
Notes from Zanzibar; Communicating science workshop
...ural science groups and social science groups to scope out various East African coastal issues. We began to develop some story lines and mocked up storyboards so that we could produce science newsletters. Conceptionary in action with Maricela de l...
Now What? Life After the Launch of a Report Card
...ds to be addressed in the report card, via strategic messaging techniques, in order to make sure that everyone hears the story in the report card . Different strokes for different folks—creating convincing messages and compelling recommendations i...
NPS Spotlight on Natural and Cultural Resources Workshop
...ural Resources and Cultural Resources in the NCR and covered a variety of interesting topics. Subjects ranged from the history of slavery in the Harper’s Ferry area, to variation in diets between coyotes and foxes at different NCR parks, the life...
Ohio River basin: Environmental Literacy
...Cumberland, Kentucky, Wabash, Great Miami, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers. The Ohio River has been important in the history of the United States, particularly as a transportation corridor (connecting to the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico)....
Oklahoma Song Book
...ter, you know it’s a lie Cause that'll be the day when I die Well, you give me all of your projections to make a climate story All your data and your information too Well, you know you love it baby When you tell me, maybe That some day, well we'll...
On the trail of iconic Parisian scientists
...ion on the streets of the Marais " provided me with an insight into the Paris of Lavoisier's time. Bill's blog tells the story of Lavoisier's encounter with an angry mob during the heated days of the French Revolution . I also visited the Musee de...
One Planet One Ocean conference in Barcelona, Spain
...--it does not make We need to pull together like a crew So that we integrate science like tiramisu. Shin-ichi Uye told a story about jellies They stopped folks from getting fish into their bellies He modeled the Asian marginal seas To help fisherm...
Parramatta River Study Tour
... urban footprint of the city of Parramatta and yet experience a very natural setting for the swimming area. This success story occurred on Australia Day, on 24 January 2015, after 72 years of the lake being closed to swimming due to pollution. On...
Peter Oliver's top ten books about science
...different places in the world where this approach is being used. Shouldn't Our Grandchildren Know? An Environmental Life Story , Graham Chittleborough Chittleborough was a scientist with CSIRO in Western Australia who wanted to show his grandchild...
Pigs in Water: living underwater with Susan Williams
...ams ... Aquanauts Bruce Nyden, Bill Dennison, Susan Williams and Chuck Gross (L-R) at Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum reception standing in front of Hydrolab display. The year was 1984. Ronald Reagan was running for President again...
Politics As Usual…
...the “scene setter” for environmental injustices to take place. During his lecture, Dr. Michael Paolisso focused on the history of power and the juxtaposition between capitalists and proletariats in the context of ecological degradation, pollution,...
Practical visual literacy for science communication
...anced by mocking up a design in which text and visual elements are laid out as they will appear in the final product. A 'story-board' approach can be used to provide an overall 'look and feel' of a product, as well as identify the various visual e...
Presentation dialog
...isn't scientific. R: Aren't you trying to communicate the science, not show us how smart you are? B: I have an important story to tell here. If you take the annual rates of seagrass loss, extrapolate into the future, you can . . . R: Maybe what yo...
Previewing NY Harbor exhibit at the New York Aquarium on Coney Island
...destructive wave energy. There will be multiple interactive opportunities throughout the exhibit. A small laboratory and story kiosk will be included to showcase the Billion Oyster Project. It is due to open during the summer of 2019. Ocean Wonder...
Queensland floods; 2011
...ourtesy of AP: Dave Hunt. The flood levels were roughly equivalent to the 1974 event which was a defining point in the history of the region. In 1974, a degraded tropical cyclone (the Southern hemisphere version of a hurricane) dumped a lot of wat...
Rachel Carson versus the Zombie Horde
...ccessful writer drive her to take on the zombie horde? Carson draws readers in by beginning Silent Spring with a mystery story, a fable of a once-vibrant town infected by a strange blight. The story unfolds with descriptions of how the blight saps...
Randy Olson’s new book: “Houston, We Have a Narrative”
...e” ... Randy Olson has really knocked a home run with his latest book, “ Houston, we have a narrative: Why science needs story ”. Randy’s previous book, “ Don’t be such a scientist: Talking substance in an age of style ” does a good job defining t...
Recommendations for effectively communicating science: Part 1
...e the essential information needed to convey meaningful information. The process of weaving these visual elements into a story combined with text in which all terms were defined, wording carefully chosen to promote understanding by non-specialists...

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