Best Practices Conference Poster Topics

Watch this space for links to the full text and a sampling of the graphics from posters presented at the Best Practices for Communication of Science and Technology to the Public meeting held
March 6-8, 2002 at NIST. New links will be added as they become available.

1. BEAMS (Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science), U.S. Department of Energy, Thomas Jefferson Laboratory

2. Y Touring Theater Company, United Kingdom

3. Cool Science For Curious Kids, Burness Communications & Howard Hughes Medical Institute

4. Science Center Virtual World, Cornell University Theory Center

5. Microworlds, U.S. Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Light Source

6. Passport To Knowledge, Geoff Haines-Stiles

7. SCOPE (Science Controversies, Online Partnerships in Education), American Association for the Advancement of Science, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Washington

8. Biomedical Research for Disadvantaged Youth, University of Maryland at Baltimore

10. Experion®, Science on the Move in Flanders, Belgium

11. Special Forever - Communicating Across the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

12. Communicating Science to Children in Brazil, Museu da Vida, Brazil

13. Annual Field Conference, Kansas Geological Survey

14. Beyond Discovery publication series, National Academy of Sciences

15. Groundwater Replenishment Public Information, Orange County Water District

16. Science & Technology Transforming Public Health workshops, New York State Department of Health

17. Diverse Educational Needs in Biotechnology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Colorado, University of Nebraska

18. A Bridge Not a Barrier, National Academy of Sciences (PDF File, requires Adobe Acrobat)

19. Science@NASA, NASA George C. Marshall Spaceflight Center

20. "Did you ever wonder?" Campaign, U.S. Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

21. Current Science & Technology Center, Museum of Science, Boston

22. Reinventing Fermilab's Web Site, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, URA and DOE

23. Dive & Discover: Expeditions to the Sea Floor, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the National Science Foundation (5 MB PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat)

24. The HHMI Animation Console: Organizing Online Science Animations, and Virtual Labs: Multimedia Tools to Explore Scientific Problems; Howard Hughes Medical Institution (two entries, combined as one)

25. Choices & Challenges Project, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech

26. The Why Files, University of Wisconsin

27. The Ashkui Project, Environment Canada

28. Revamping a Web Site to Improve Navigation and Content, National Institute of Standards and Technology

29. The Eye Site: A traveling exhibit on low vision, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

30. Weather Discovery Center, The Mount Washington Observatory

31. Gene Almanac, Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

32. Western Region Center Open House, U.S. Geological Survey

33. Science, Technology and Society Lecture Series, Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy

34. Bridging the Gap Between Research Science and the Public, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum

35. Border Health Information & Education Network (BIEN!), New Mexico State University Library

36. Live@exploratorium.edu, Exploratorium

37. ClimateStock, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Communications, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat)

38. Global Hawk awareness campaign, Defence Science & Technology Organization, Australia

39. Medical Edge broadcast insert, Mayo Clinic

40. Collider Communications Program, U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory

41. Science Writers Seminar in Eye Research, Research to Prevent Blindness

42. Eurekalert! news site, American Association for the Advancement of Science

43. T-Rex Center (transportation web site), University of New Mexico

44. Health Behavior News Service & HABIT, Center for Advancement of Health

45. "Cooks with Chemistry" Science Seminars for Food Journalists, American Chemical Society Office of Communications

46. Ascribe, The Public Interest Newswire

47. American Astronomical Society Press Services

48. Science Communications Curriculum, Environment Canada

Created: 8/27/01
Last updated: 1/24/03
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