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...cholera and water supply, as he also plotted the location of the water pumps on the map. A nice book, The Ghost Map: The story of London's most terrifying epidemic - and how it changed science, cities and the modern world , was written by Ste...

Ten classic conceptual diagrams: Powerful examples of communicating knowledge

... Ocean supported Darwin's theory. Atoll formation in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Credit: California Academy of Sciences 5. History: Napoleon's March . This diagram was created by Charles Joseph Minard in 1869 to depict the march of Napoleon's army fro...

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...

UMCES Soiree at CERF 2013

...n device touted at CERF2013 of constructing sentences with ____AND____BUT____THEREFORE____: "UMCES has a long and rich history of attracting and training environmental leaders AND tackling the most important environmental issues BUT the future env...

Aegean Sea field trip: Egyptian sand, seagrass, marine sanctuaries, cruising

...ir Island , which is named for the Sedir (cedar) trees. A boardwalk took us to Cleopatra Beach, which has an interesting story or theory as to its origin. Cleopatra sailed from Egypt with her Roman lover Marc Anthony to this region of present day...

Science communication and integration with Environment Canada

...t we had come up with following each of the science communication activities we conducted (conceptionary, title pursuit, storyboarding, assessment). Each activity demonstrated the power of effective teamwork. Each activity followed a sequence of a...

Being inspired by Cousteaus: An evening with Jean-Michel Cousteau

...cular audience. Underwater habitat, Hydrolab, in Salt River Canyon, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in 1984. Given this history of the Cousteau's calling for better environmental stewardship and not being afraid to directly address those responsibl...

John Bertram's legacy

... head of the department administrative officer, John was the first person I told, because I knew that he would enjoy the story so much. I also enjoyed watching John with his son Julian when John would bring him along at the end of the day. I loved...

Assembling Indicators for a Mississippi River Basin Report Card

...data collected in connection with various management activities already active in the basin, many of which have a long history. For example, the Mississippi River Commission was established in 1879 to manage flood control and navigation in t...

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...

Healthy Waterways Healthy Catchments: Making the connection in South East Queensland, Australia

...earch results, instead of almost exclusively research results. The process of developing the outline for this book was a storyboard workshop held at the Moreton Bay Research Station on Stradbroke Island . The lead authors for each chapter develope...

Moreton Bay Study: A Scientific Basis for the Healthy Waterways Campaign

...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...

Top ten science communication booklets

...an exciting challenge since Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) an emerging management paradigm that does not have a long history. The diagrams ended up playing a central role in communicating EBM. Tracey Saxby was the Science Communicator and i...

Let’s Start By Talking About Ecosystem Services

... agree that estimating the values of ecosystem services is useful as a guide to decision-making, but it is not the whole story. Scientific models and benefit-cost analysis do not substitute for the messy process of engaging stakeholders, forging a...

Maryland releases a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

...s state with a diverse, well-educated citizenry that has responded to many foreign and domestic threats throughout its history. It is entirely consistent with Maryland’s character that we respond to this newest threat with decisive and appro...

Ten recommendations for effectively communicating science: Part 2

...3, pg. 25. Recommendation 7. Use science communication to tell stories An ancient and valued form of human expression is story telling. Since science is often focused on gathering and interpreting facts, the art of story telling is often lost. How...

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...

Coastal Bays report card launch

...sses are now declining in Chincoteague Bay, but the good news is that water quality was up a bit last year. The seagrass story is not just water quality, it also involves climate variability. We have had some very hot summers which are essentially...

Top ten quotes that influenced my career

...r for anyone with aspirations to really make a difference. Margaret Mead was an interesting scientist and her personal history makes the source of this quote meaningful. " It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credi...

Farming and Chesapeake Bay: Initiating a dialog with the Vansville Farmers Club

...vided three handouts regarding Chesapeake Bay issues, and asked three questions of the Vansville Farmers Club. The first story regarded my experiences sailing into Chesapeake Bay in 1977 aboard a tall ship and meeting watermen of Smith Island , ca...

Commemorating Bob Menzer at Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences

Scientific synthesis at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Part 3--Integration and Application Network approach to synthesis

...on of those results. IAN-led synthesis involves typically bringing together relevant experts in a series of workshops to storyboard the science communication product(s), and then have the team of Science Integrators and Science Communicators work...

Scientific synthesis at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Part 1--Overview

...ocio-Environmental Synthesis Center , funded by the National Science Foundation . But more importantly, throughout its history, beginning in 1925, UMCES scientists have been integrating (and applying) scientific results in Chesapeake Bay and throu...

Teaching with a ‘flipped classroom’ over an interactive video network

Dr. Christine O'Connell's dissertation defense conclusion = Long Island Sound should be called 'Connecticut Sound'

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