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... evening light create the picture you envision? This type of list can help you stay focused on the tasks at hand. Have a story in mind when taking photos . To help create this story, review photos of places you intend to visit on Flickr to see wha...

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...

Conference on New Ideas to Accelerate Chesapeake Bay Restoration

...ng). He also encouraged participants to keep investing in technology for innovative solutions. Ben mentioned that "the history of the land is written in the water" and used a great quote from Pogo: "We are confronted with insurmountable opportunit...

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...

How environmental report cards can democratize science

...p with the analysis and interpretation of the data. A consensus approach is used with the expert scientists so that the 'story' being developed is based on sound science. This rigorous scientific process is typical for scientists, but it is the ne...

Combining visuals with narrative for effective science communication

...ve. Both narrative structure and visual processing are hard wired into the human brain. Brain scans of people watching a story unfold on videos show their brains are highly activated and they display the same activation as a group, compared to peo...

Maps should tell a story

Maps should tell a story ... Ben Wahle The summer before I started fifth grade, my family took a road trip from Washington DC to Nova Scotia, Can...

Evolution’s hero vs. a historical footnote: A new Narrative Index sheds light on Darwin vs. Wallace

...buried in Westminster Abbey and is widely considered the father of evolution and Wallace is relegated to a footnote in history. Funeral ceremony of Charles Darwin in Westminster Abbey, with Alfred Wallace as one of the pallbearers. Credit: Creativ...

Developing a strategy for Long Island Sound embayment report cards

Engaged participants made the Indian River Lagoon Report Card workshop a pleasure to facilitate!

...: Heath Kelsey facilitates the fish and shellfish breakout session. At the end of the workshop, we always wrap up with a storyboarding exercise that helps illustrate to the participants that the product coming out of the workshop is theirs. We nee...

Going from "Aha!" to "Well, Duh" in the Great Barrier Reef, with beer coasters and Burdekin Gold

...ave selected one of these stories to relate here. Great Barrier Reef workshop participants in Townsville, Australia This story is about the initial development of the Great Barrier Reef report card . Ben Longstaff , Jane Thomas and I traveled to T...

Over the river and through the woods to release the Upper Potomac Headwaters Report Card, we go!

...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...

The importance of narrative in science communication

...mmunication ... I recently posted a blog about Randy Olson's new book, " Houston, we have a narrative: Why science needs story ". I contacted Randy about his book and learned that he is experiencing push back from some quarters, including some sci...

Randy Olson’s new book: “Houston, We Have a Narrative”

... 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...

Conceptual Diagramming with the Integration and Application Network

...ou don't understand well enough to draw: "If you can't draw it, you don't understand it". Diagrams can be used to tell a story, just as words can be used to tell a story. Symbols can be equated to words in a story and assembling these symbols into...

Integration and Application Network in 2015: The year in review

...er 88,000 people have downloaded the symbol library to date. IAN staff released two new websites in 2015: Chesapeake Bay Story and EcoHealth report cards . Three apps were also produced in 2015: How's the Beach? (South Carolina beach water quality...

From the mountains to the prairies—discussing ecological drought in the North Central United States

...uded the importance of water quantity, and water quality, the biodiversity and wildlife present in the region, and the history of climate variability response in the region. The Missouri River is one of largest managed river systems in the world,...

Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Conference in Portland, Oregon

...ith set-up and manning the booth. The UMCES booth. IAN's session, convened by Bill Nuttle, was titled Successful science story-telling for coastal resilience . I gave Caroline Donovan's talk during this session, which was about challenges of telli...

Modern cave drawings and story-telling using PowerPoint

Modern cave drawings and story-telling using PowerPoint ... I made a presentation in the CERF 2015 session entitled "Successful Science Story-Telling f...

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...

MEES goes to Annapolis

...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...

The Mississippi River Watershed Report Card is released

...e Summit in St. Louis to help take the idea to a larger audience, and the commitment to launch the report card was born. Story board of the report card vision. Photo Credit: Heath Kelsey Over the next two years we worked with the newly renamed Ame...

Get the grade - Worldwide WWF-IAN partnership launches in Stockholm

...he middle of Stockholm in 1628. It was salvaged 333 years later in 1961 and has been slowly restored ever since. Now the story of why it was built, how it sank, and how it was recovered is why there is a whole museum dedicated to it. Let’s j...

Discussing ecological drought and climate change in Fairbanks, Alaska

...ocated on the UAF campus. The museum provided the perfect end to the trip, as it was part Alaskan cultural and natural history, part native and cultural art museum, and part Alaskan modern art museum—there was so much information, history, a...

Lessons learned during the Long Island Sound report card process

...e reporting regions, from the Western Narrows to the Eastern Long Island Sound. The water quality scores illustrated the story of pollution and dilution in Long Island Sound. Media coverage for the report card was widespread and greatly successful...

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