...ng "Conceptionary". Conceptual diagrams tap into three ancient and global aspects of human expression; art, symbols, and story telling. Cave paintings that are 30,000 years old have been found which represent a primitive art form. These paintings...
...ommunity Heritage Award for 2010, for the Online Heritage Trail . Geoff Moore volunteering at the museum. Geoff told the story of the large cast iron vat that the museum recently acquired. The vat was made in Falkirk, Scotland between Edinborough...
...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...
...oduction, and conservation, often illustrated with carefully chosen photographs. Andrew and I had read " Fire: A Brief History" by Stephen Pyne , a wonderful book about the relationship of humans with fire and the different cultural perspectives....
...nd have left a legacy that transcended their lives. Two wonderful books recount their achievements; " The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World ", written by Steven John...
..., healthy seagrass meadows supporting turtles and dugong, and a city skyline easily visible from Moreton Bay. There is a story of encountering dugong in Moreton Bay which was recounted by Thomas Welsby in his book ' Sport and pastime in Moreton Ba...
...lusion in the book and for developing conceptual diagrams for each vantage point. Liz used the tapes to write a cohesive story for each location, and the book was assembled by Eva and Cath. A couple of things became apparent to me in the productio...
Some Healthy Waterways history ... The Healthy Waterway Partnership started out as the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay Wastewater Management Study (BR...
...d the ancient use of symbols that humans have used to depict the world around them. From cave drawings to Pacific Island storyboards to woodcuts used by Victorian Englishmen like Charles Darwin, people have been using symbols to represent objects...
...ield trips is the immersive nature of the experience. It is not one hour of language, one hour of math and one hour of history. It is the concentrated study of a single subject for a significant period of time (days to weeks to months). This conce...
...s from 1893, it demonstrates that this is a regular occurrence for the Brisbane River. As an interesting footnote to the story of the Paluma is that a contract was tendered for relocating the ship back into the Brisbane River, but instead of havin...
...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...
...ardens in courtyards such as this one. ... courtyard, garden, architecture, city, urban, ecology, backyard, shrubs, understory, New, Orleans, Louisiana, landscaping ... Ben Fertig...
...teaching using a blackboard, talking while drawing can be quite effective, so adding illustrations can greatly augment a story. Finally, the team building aspect of working together in groups can be important, particularly with groups of people wh...
...me, as the plenary talk was being delivered, Dr. Charlotte Young from Envision Synergy quietly recorded the seminar as a story board on a large colorful poster in the back of the room. Following the seminar, I was able to view her graphical interp...
...er posts in this series: 1. Part 1 – Science Communication 2. Part 2 - Incorporating visual elements 3. Part 3 - History of Science Communication 4. Part 4 - Environmental Report Cards 5. Part 5 - Report card examples 6. Part 6 - Five step p...
...er posts in this series: 1. Part 1 – Science Communication 2. Part 2 - Incorporating visual elements 3. Part 3 - History of Science Communication 4. Part 4 - Environmental Report Cards 5. Part 5 - Report card examples 7. Part 7 - Oh Canada!...
...a. Other posts in this series: 1. Part 1 - Science Communication 2. Part 2 - Incorporating visual elements 3. Part 3 - History of Science Communication 4. Part 4 - Environmental Report Cards 6. Part 6 - Five step program for environmental report c...
...ee big reasons. One is they are a really good peer pressure motivator, because peer pressure motivates human change. The story I'll give here is the Chesapeake Bay Report Card. Over on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay; there was a grade of "D m...
Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 3 - History of Science Communication ... PART 3; History of Science Communication There is a history of effective science communication that actually changed the world. If we th...
...ctively communicated their concerns. But, that's kind of hindsight, and it was ultimately tragic. I would like to tell a story of good science communication that really worked out. There was a physician called John Snow who lived in London in the...
...t I get will be bloodshot. So, I'll just go on autopilot, because I'm going to ignore your bloodshot eyes and tell you a story about what we are doing with our Integration and Application Network . Hopefully as the caffeine kicks in, you might be...
...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...
...arper's Ferry ... Near the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia ... towns, history, historical, Harpers, Ferry, HAFE National Park ... Ben Fertig...
