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Conceptual diagrams: Tips and Tricks for Thought

... a conceptual diagram. Colors and Fonts are Key Colors provide ques to the reader that help shape the conceptual diagram story. For instance, green vs. red text indicates good vs. bad. There can also be a strong juxtaposition among colors or a sof...

Conceptual Diagrams: Turning Science into Graphic Art

... concept best illustrated in a 2D cross-section? In a 3D landscape? Choose an ecosystem that will assist in telling your story by selecting appropriate landscapes, water bodies, geographic formations, etc. Look to the PDF “ Creating Conceptu...

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...

Consumer behavior and climate change: when is enough, enough?

...econd_revision_100115.pdf;sequence=1 Begum, T. (2019, December 12) Humans are causing life on Earth to vanish, Natural History Museum . Retrieved from https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/december/humans-are-causing-life-on-earth-to-vanish.htm...

Cooks River virtual workshop

...ue Burton conducted the virtual tour using images, video clips and maps, and the tour included elements of Cooks River history, geography, economy, society, ecology, and variability. Fortuitously, on a visit to Sydney a couple of weeks prior to th...

Cork conference on coastal sustainability

...ting a SNAP session. Image credit: Bill Dennison On Day 2, we focused on the outputs and outcomes of the meeting through storyboarding and beginning to populate our workshop newsletter. Armed with the priorities gained from the SNAP activity, we s...

Countdown to elevator pitch 3…2…1 “GO”

... way we communicated science in order to be successful. We had two options for our presentation: 1) Follow the narrative story telling method (practical; place based) or 2) the logical science communication method ( theoretical ; not place based)....

Creating a global symbol language

...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...

Creating the Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card

...l areas like Baffin Bay , storm water runoff also can be high in nutrients and sediments from farm fields. Overlying the story of ecosystem condition on the Texas Coast is natural variation in temperature, precipitation, and storms. This high vari...

Darwin: Captain Wickham, Harriet the Tortoise, Alaskan similarities, and Darwinian art

...win Harbour as part of a survey of Australia's top end. Charles Darwin went on to become one of the most famous men in history, based on his theory of natural selection, the basis of evolutionary thought. However, when Port Darwin was named, Darwi...

Dashboard books on fire: Communicating fire management creatively

...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....

Data is the Centerfold: Illustrating statistical data to communicate your research

...isualization. Emily Nastase said it best; she described data visualization as a way to effectively reveal trends, tell a story, and represent things that are not easily observed from words and numbers alone. However, producing a visual representat...

Data Visualization 101: Simple changes can make a world of difference

...utious that 3D pie charts can emphasize some slices (the closer ones) over others (the furthest ones) that may skew your story. Flat pie charts are typically a better option. Slide taken from Jane Thomas’ presentation on Data Visualization....

Defining Report Card Indicator Thresholds to Achieve Healthy Outcomes

...threats and choose report card indicators . Values and threats identified in Step One are the villains and heroes of the story of a basin, while indicators selected during Step Two measure data that is most important for assessing and communicatin...

Defining Science Application

...cienceWatch blog). Fortunately, Stephen Colbert from the Comedy Channel, was listening to National Public Radio when the story ran, and Margaret was contacted to appear on the Colbert Report. She and Chris traveled to New York City for the filming...

Designing Posters that POP!

...nclude all elements of visual communication because it is both a visual and a literary form. Use photos, graphs, and the story narrative to create an effective medium. Finally, I tend to agree with those experts who argue that you shouldn’t...

Developing a Chesapeake Watershed report card: Harrisburg PA workshop

...artment of Environmental Protection (DEP) provided a great historical overview. I was impressed with the long and rich history of Susquehanna River watershed monitoring that had occurred. Gary also provided some insights into the legacy of the...

Developing a climate change resilience index for the Great Barrier Reef: Part 2

...ng the harbor. On the second day, we sketched a few conceptual diagrams, generated a prototype reef resilience index and storyboarded a trifold document. In addition, all of the scientists drafted text and Emily Saeck was able to quickly pro...

Developing a Focus - A Guide to Practical Photography/Videography

...rocessing editing features and filters to chose from Simpler and user-friendly Can be done remotely on iPhone Cons: no history panel, no brush adjustments, no radial or graduated filters, no way to share presets, no plugin architecture for third-p...

Developing a report card for the coral reefs of American Samoa

...ld add to the American Samoa report card in the future. The afternoon of the second day focused on indicator details and storyboarding the overall report card. The participants sketched out the basic draft of the report card so that IAN staff coul...

Developing a strategy for Long Island Sound embayment report cards

Developing a Swan River report card

...of water quality parameters to be used as indicators, we developed thresholds and calculated report card scores. We then storyboarded a layout for the report card pamphlet and Kate worked with the Dept. of Water staff, particularly Catherine Thoms...

Developing an Index of Resilience to Climate Change Impacts to the Great Barrier Reef – Workshop 3, Townsville, Australia.

Developing environmental intelligence through environmental literacy and citizen science

... drivers for Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Chesapeake Bay supports unique human cultures and livelihoods. American history has been shaped by Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay has been extremely well studied and intensively managed. Another aspec...

Developing scientific stories for Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation

... we argue that we need to take immediate action. The visualizations we have begun producing help tell the Chesapeake SAV story. Researchers created a word cloud describing Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation during dinner at the Ram's Head...

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