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Maryland’s inaugural State of the Coast conference (Blog Post)
...in 1983, with various multi-state agreements to reduce nutrient inputs. At the conference, I provided a brief timeline history of key activities associate with Chesapeake Bay. I based this on a public talk I gave at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mus...
Me and Bobby Twilley (Blog Post)
...faculty member at Louisiana State University . Robert gave a wonderful seminar at Horn Point Laboratory , covering the history of coastal Louisiana wetland loss, Mississippi River diversions and provided the context for the 2012 Master Plan. The I...
Mediated realities and fish eyebrows: how we can effectively communicate science (Blog Post)
...the reason why media is effective in bringing scientific knowledge to the public is the use of narratives and compelling storytelling. Facts aren’t just listed throughout the work; they are linked through story structure, cause and effect, tempora...
MEES goes to Annapolis (Blog Post)
...S alumni Led a session on making science easy on the eye Drawing chickens, tulips and thermometers upside down To make a story of those things that make fish frown. We heard the Bernie Fowler sneaker story An indicator of Chesapeake Bay clarity An...
Meet Saipan, one of America’s forgotten territories (Blog Post)
...fying thresholds and scoring of indicators, and drafting the layout of the report card. We also talked a lot about the history and culture of Saipan and CNMI and the effects those things have had on coral reefs. Determining values and threats for...
More Conversations with Randy Olson about the use of narratives in science (Blog Post)
...son about the use of narratives in science ... James Shannon Building at the National Institutes of Health. I attended a Story Circles session at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland on 7 Feb 2019. My friend and colleague Randy...
Moreton Bay and Catchment (Blog Post)
...s published in 1998. Moreton Bay and Catchment The book is divided into nine major sections covering the environmental history of the region, geology and geomorphology, catchment rivers and lakes, water quality, marine plants, marine animals, cora...
Moreton Bay Study: A Scientific Basis for the Healthy Waterways Campaign (Blog Post)
...nd maintain momentum for the Healthy Waterways campaign. The book was initiated in the early part of 1999, with half-day storyboard sessions on the Healthy Waterways whiteboard. My co-author, Eva Abal , and I completed it in six months, relying on...
My four decade friendship with Susan Williams (Blog Post)
Narrative literacy for science communication (Blog Post)
...Handbook for Integrating Visual Elements ". The seventh principle is from a paper by M. Dahlstrom " Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences ", published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc...
Nature and Culture as Star-Crossed Lovers: Can we have one without the other? (Blog Post)
New York Harbor NSF STEM Project Design Week, Part 2 (Blog Post)
...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 (Blog Post)
... 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 (Blog Post)
...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 (Blog Post)
...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 (Blog Post)
...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 (Blog Post)
...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 (Blog Post)
...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 (Blog Post)
...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...
Over the river and through the woods to release the Upper Potomac Headwaters Report Card, we go! (Blog Post)
...r class. We then invited several guest lecturers to join us on our weekly conference calls, and learned about the rich history of the land and how it has changed over time, and also about how the local people use and relate to their landscape. Tow...

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