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"In this room, it’s playtime!" Creative inspiration at the Citizen Science conference (part 1)

...et Caroline at the conference. Caroline co-presented a Communicating Data Workshop, during which she discussed narrative storytelling and the ABT form . Professor Kevin Ripka then led participants through several engaging data visualization activi...

"Rainbow Literature": Peer reviewed, colorful science communication products

...rocess of each product. Since much of the content of IAN Science Communication products is scoped out in advance using a storyboard approach, establishing active titles (which are intensely edited), sourcing visual elements and nominating word cou...

"Raising the bar" vs. "Dumbing it down" for science communication

... that the Heath brothers describe in "Made to Stick" is what IAN Science Integrators and Science Communicators do in our storyboard sessions to develop science communication products. We establish a primacy of information and establish the most im...

"Up close and personal" Community engagement at the Citizen Science conference (part 2)

... 'bouncy' rubber balls and 'smooshy' meatballs. Of course, visitors also enjoyed an exhibit on the ecology and natural history of the city's pride and joy: the Mississippi River, which flows outside the museum's windows. My absolute favorite...

"Whirling Disease" and Environmental Responsibility

...very syllable, delivering, justly, mischief’s cold thrill. This poem uses a unique narrative structure to tell its story. It concentrates on a single moment: the instant the author tries to save a trout suffering from whirling disease , an i...

2014 International Riversymposium

... incentivizes water consumption and does not allow for market forces to be used. Brian finished off with a great success story of the flow of the Colorado River into the Sea of Cortez , the first time this has occurred in 35 years. (left) Nick Sch...

2017 Chesapeake Bay report card release

... comprise the report card scores. This trend analysis is an important part of today’s report card release. The big story this year is encapsulated by the upward arrow for the overall trajectory of Chesapeake Bay report card scores. What this...

6th anniversary of the IAN symbol libraries

... and fundamental communication technique is being adapted to current technology. Symbols have been used in cave drawing, storyboards, and hieroglyphics, and the web-based symbol library is a modern version of an ancient technique. The success of t...

A "flash" course in photography

...were a few major themes: Fidelity comes first ; it affects the credibility of the content Shoot with intent . What's the story? Think about the composition beforehand! Change your perspective . Walk around the subject, get down low, figure out the...

A Day Trip to Horn Point Lab

...ether with other interns we were then off on our tour of the lab. As we walked along, we got to hear about some of the history of this lab. What struck me the most was the role that the lab played in determining the decline of seagrass in the Ches...

A Differential Quilt Analysis: How can everyone stay warm this winter?

...? This is where Christy, Isabella, and my classmates have some ideas. In class, Dr. Christy Miller Hesed discussed the history of the EJ movement , which began in 1982 and has roots in Warren County, NC . In Warren County, African American communi...

A Gestalt of 0s and 1s: The Tips and Tools of Web Design

...is much easier to fix something on paper than further down the line! Here is another student’s (Natalie Peyronnin) storyboard (left). You can see how it mirrors the finished website fairly closely (right). Image credit Natalie Peyronnin. Now...

A great pot does not necessarily make a great dinner: photography techniques to take your science communication to the next level.

...ibility (bad photos can greatly decrease credibility) Communicate across languages and cultures Evoke emotion and tell a story Provide context Visually draw readers in A photo of a Dungeoness Crab rather than a Blue Crab would drastically decrease...

A Hopeful Reflection on a Tool for Sustainable Coastal Management

...or) enjoying his time in Japan. Satoumi as a coastal management approach may not have been discovered at this point in history. Photo by Author, 1990. Our class discussions have not been limited to theoretical frameworks, but often draw upon our p...

A Listening Session Right off the Rappahannock River!

...ba tree in Virginia stood tall to our side. Around us were monuments of the Patawomeck Tribe, reminding us of the deep history of the land and agriculture in Fredericksburg. The picture was taken by the Rappahanock River at the Patawomeck Tribal C...

A Long Love Affair With Chesapeake Bay Part I

A Long Love Affair with The Chesapeake Bay Part II

...but did not have long term negative effects on the Bay. Cover photos of three books published in 2003, chronicling the history and current issues with the Chesapeake Bay1,2,3. Hurricane Isabel over the East Coast4. In 2004, Maryland Governor Rober...

A look at the "Earth in Perspective" with Ricky Arnold

...Photo by Brianne Walsh. Bottom: Ricky addresses his audience. Photo by Vanessa Vargas. Ricky has a very interesting life story and I very much enjoyed speaking with him over dinner and asking him about his exciting path towards becoming an astrona...

A nautical listening session to kick off the summer

...rginia-waterway-threaten-livelihoods-and-ignite-calls-for-dredging-funds/2018/04/21/41a4a652-4196-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html Todd, V. L. G., Todd, I. B., Gardiner, J. C., Morrin, E. C. N., MacPherson, N. A., DiMarzio, N. A., & Thomsen,...

A picture is worth a 1,000 words

...e. Sketching your conceptual diagram, from pen to paper. Image by Amanda Mueller You want to make sure that you know the story you are trying to tell, and that you find the best way to illustrate that story in a diagram, or series of diagrams if n...

A pleasant day of Oysters and STEM learning

...; that contained marine organisms for students to identify, and finally the National Park site, Fort Jay, for a little history lesson about Governors Island and the War of 1812. Judy and I remained at our station at the Admiral’s House in or...

A report card to tell your mom about: Environmental report cards provide transparent assessments of our aquatic ecosystems

...ging” report cards so that public has more interest. For example: Discussing the health of systems as a historical story. Examples of Environmental Report cards References : Longstaff BJ, Carruthers TJB, Dennison WC, Lookingbill TR, Hawkey J...

A Time to Krill

...re deconstructing levees and manually removing huge quantities of toxic sediment. Loss Dr. Hamilton has documented the history and trajectory of Ecuadorian mangrove deforestation by assembling and comparing a roughly sixty-year sequence of topogra...

A Tour of the Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology: Bay Research is the Backbone of Science Communication

...v/facts/chesapeake.html Talbert, T. (2024). 2023 Annual Report Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/78bcdec524904832830f55cb3ff7bb04 Energy, Water & The Environment. (n.d.). Institute of Marine...

A tour of the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma during an extreme weather day

...Twister " as well as the real device that was deployed to attempt to gather information on tornados. We were told a cute story about the university logo on the movie props. The movie producers had requested that the University of Oklahoma logo be...

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