Today Carrie and I edited the schematic I was working on last week and I sent it to Dr. Chai to see what he thinks of it.
There are only a few days left for studying for finals so I'm going to be pretty busy this week! Hopefully within this coming week I'll be able to start on the Powerpoint.
Yesterday in Dr. Lindsay's seminar we made outlines of mock-outreach videos on Coral bleaching. I found it helpful because Dr. Lindsay helped us develop ideas on how to make it interesting.
I've decided that I need to think of something that kids can relate to or sympathize with like a "cuddly" species. It seems to me that sometimes people can be a little numb to things or events they can't relate to. I don't know if that sounds bitter or bleak or not but to me its an observation.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
April 25, 2008
Carrie is finishing up a poster based on her work with the Arabian sea project so today I worked on making a schematic for her. The original was of the winter-time snow cover in the Himalayas and how it effects the strength of the monsoon winds but it did not fit the style of her poster so I made a replicate of it on Power Point. I have to say, I am quite pleased with it.
Hopefully I'll either be beginning to put my Power point together or I'll be continuing to add to my outline.
Hopefully I'll either be beginning to put my Power point together or I'll be continuing to add to my outline.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
April 24th, 2008
I did not work yesterday like I had planned because I've been so busy with tests this week. I had a Chemistry exam on Tuesday and then a Physics exam on Wednesday so I spent most of the weekend and early week studying for those.
Today Carrie and I decided it was time to start developing a preliminary outline for what the end project is going to look like. Its quite simple and linear, however its a solid start. I'll probably use the outline for the Power point which I plan on starting next week. Eventually, the outline is going to be multi directional as we begin to think about constructing the website.
Carrie showed me Google Earth today which is SUCH a cool program! Its a 3D map of the earth constructed from millions of satellite images. You can zoom in and out and pull up things like the seasonal measurements of chlorophyll or temperature or current patterns. I think I'm going to try to incorporate some of its images into my presentation. I'm positive kids will find it more interesting than a 2D map.
I've also decided that I'm going to download the program so that I can play around with it for fun!
Today Carrie and I decided it was time to start developing a preliminary outline for what the end project is going to look like. Its quite simple and linear, however its a solid start. I'll probably use the outline for the Power point which I plan on starting next week. Eventually, the outline is going to be multi directional as we begin to think about constructing the website.
Carrie showed me Google Earth today which is SUCH a cool program! Its a 3D map of the earth constructed from millions of satellite images. You can zoom in and out and pull up things like the seasonal measurements of chlorophyll or temperature or current patterns. I think I'm going to try to incorporate some of its images into my presentation. I'm positive kids will find it more interesting than a 2D map.
I've also decided that I'm going to download the program so that I can play around with it for fun!
Friday, April 18, 2008
First post in a new blog
The Maine Space Grant Consortium funds an outreach program at the University of Maine. It is based on the research done by scientists, Joaquim Goes, Helga do Rosario Gomes, Prasad Thoppil, and John Fasulo, in the Arabian Sea on how climate change effects the monsoon seasons, the surrounding countries and eventually the entire world.
I work with Dr. Fei Chai and Carrie Armbrecht on this. The project is ever changing because we are still unsure how we want it to turn out however we do know that we are aiming to educate people about this project in different demographics. I was hired as an undergraduate not only to help carry out whatever we decide to do but also to lend some perspective; We want our finished work to be interesting to college and high school aged kids in order to get them involved. Dr. Chai and Carrie are thinking that an interactive website would be a good form of education and I will eventually be making a power point presentation.
In the meantime, Carrie and I have decided to make blogs to help gauge our own discoveries and education because we are still learning too. I'm very excited about the whole thing. I took an environmental policy class last fall and one of the main points of his class was that social awareness is a huge factor in change. Climate change is a huge issue that we, of all generations will eventually have to face head on. If we give the youth the tools to make informed decisions today, the society of tomorrow will likely benefit from it in the future.
I work with Dr. Fei Chai and Carrie Armbrecht on this. The project is ever changing because we are still unsure how we want it to turn out however we do know that we are aiming to educate people about this project in different demographics. I was hired as an undergraduate not only to help carry out whatever we decide to do but also to lend some perspective; We want our finished work to be interesting to college and high school aged kids in order to get them involved. Dr. Chai and Carrie are thinking that an interactive website would be a good form of education and I will eventually be making a power point presentation.
In the meantime, Carrie and I have decided to make blogs to help gauge our own discoveries and education because we are still learning too. I'm very excited about the whole thing. I took an environmental policy class last fall and one of the main points of his class was that social awareness is a huge factor in change. Climate change is a huge issue that we, of all generations will eventually have to face head on. If we give the youth the tools to make informed decisions today, the society of tomorrow will likely benefit from it in the future.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
