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Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st, 8:00 am to 12:30 pm · Chatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session SY01: Symposium: The importance of communicating science
Presiding: Andrea D. Wolfe, Ohio State University
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August 1st 8:00 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterIntroduction
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SY01002August 1st 8:15 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterScience Literacy in the General Public and in the Classroom: What Is Our Message?
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Symposium PresentationUno, Gordon.science literacy
misconceptions
inquiry instruction
active learning
SY01003August 1st 8:45 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe challenges of effectively communicating science to almost everybody
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Symposium PresentationArmstrong, Joseph E.general public
science communication
teaching nonmajors
jargon
SY01004August 1st 9:15 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterWhy Does it Matter?: Communicating Science to Make it Relevant
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Symposium PresentationVerdolin, Jennifer.science communication
science literacy
science education
SY01005August 1st 9:45 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe Importance of Visual Storytelling in Communicating Science
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Symposium PresentationWolfe, Andrea D..photography
outreach
broader impacts
visual communication
scientific outreach
August 1st 10:15 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterBreak
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SY01007August 1st 10:45 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterGetting more than 20 strangers to care about your research: Why would you want to?
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Symposium PresentationHolsinger, Kent.science communication
Twitter
Facebook
Social media
broader impacts
SY01008August 1st 11:15 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center#SciComm, media relations, and a botanist on Mars: How to get more than 20 strangers to hear about your latest research when it’s not published in Nature or Science
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Symposium PresentationMartine, Chris.science communication
Solanum watneyi
media relations
outreach
dissemination
professional development
career
new species
SY01009August 1st 11:45 amChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterCommunicating Science through Action: Technology-Enabled Citizen Science
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Symposium PresentationSoltis, Pamela  S.; James, Shelley; Mast, Austin R.; Ellwood, Elizabeth R..citizen science
technology-enabled
multi-generational
iDigBio
WeDigBio
Notes From Nature
August 1st 12:15 pmChatham Ballroom - B/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterDiscussion
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