Science Communication Portfolio

19th March 2022

Communicating a scientific concept to a special-needs learner

It is crucial to give attention to students with special needs in every educational setting. Here, I designed a concept for a museum exhibit highlighting deep-sea exploration and remotely operated vehicles, targeted to address the learning difficulties of students with ADHD.

7th March 2022

Metaphors, Analogies, and Scaling

Two subtle metaphors and two analogies were carefully crafted to help explain optimal foraging theory, a concept in behavioral ecology. Additionally, I created two new strategies to aid audiences in understanding non-human scales.

The VirtualREEF • 19th May 2020

Days of the REEF: Temperate Tuesday 4 (05/19)

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCSB REEF (Research Experience and Education Facility) was suddenly cut off from the many K-12 schools we normally work with. Thus, we created The VirtualREEF, a YouTube channel dedicated to marine science education. This episode is the introduction to a series I did on the Santa Barbara Coastal Long-Term Ecological Research (SBC LTER) project.

The VirtualREEF • 19th May 2020

What is a LTER? (Part 1)

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCSB REEF (Research Experience and Education Facility) was suddenly cut off from the many K-12 schools we normally work with. Thus, we created The VirtualREEF, a YouTube channel dedicated to marine science education. This episode introduces the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) network.

The VirtualREEF • 19th May 2020

What is the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER? (Part 1)

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCSB REEF (Research Experience and Education Facility) was suddenly cut off from the many K-12 schools we normally work with. Thus, we created The VirtualREEF, a YouTube channel dedicated to marine science education. This episode is the first in a series I did on the Santa Barbara Coastal Long-Term Ecological Research (SBC LTER) project.

The VirtualREEF • 19th May 2020

What is the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER? (Part 2)

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCSB REEF (Research Experience and Education Facility) was suddenly cut off from the many K-12 schools we normally work with. Thus, we created The VirtualREEF, a YouTube channel dedicated to marine science education. This episode is the second in a series I did on the Santa Barbara Coastal Long-Term Ecological Research (SBC LTER) project.