Class 12

Exercise 1

  1. Rabbit story – Science magazine
  2. Deconstructing the rabbit story.

Exercise 2

  1. Mosquitoes data. (Right click and “Save As” to Downloads folder)
  2. Upload that csv to CartoDB.com after creating an account.
  3. Create an account on Medium.com logging in with your Twitter account.

Class 11

Exercise 1

  1. ONA’s user-centered design workshop on climate change coverage.

The results of our human-centered design workshop:

HOOKED: An illegal fishing watchdog app for Tommy, a Maryland crab fisherman worried about his bottom line.

TAP IT: Sensor on tree to record water flow and regional production in realtime, upload to Farmer Bob, a 62-year-old maple syrup farmer in Vermont, and scientists.

BUZZIKA: Weather or pregnancy tracking app or Twitter feed for Barbara, a pregnant 32-year-old Florida woman, science teacher mother of one, to provide updates about mosquitoes.

AN APPLE A DAY: An app-based game that’s realtime where the player, 8-year-old Brandon, is an apple that has to protect tree from deforestation, pollution, pesticides on which he’s growing.

Class 10

Exercise 1

  1. Quartz viz
  2. Deadliest animal viz
  3. Amazon dam viz

Exercise 2

  1. Microcephaly chart and coffee map
  2. Peruvian glacier loss
  3. CartoDB mapping mosquitoes

Class 7

Exercise 1

  1. Vox article and BMJ study.
  2. Chocolate milk press release and post-mortem.
  3. Calhoun’s blogpost.

Exercise 2

  1. Read a short Science News profile.
  2. Read a short Nature profile.
  3. Discuss the Jane Goodall story.

Class 5

Exercise 1

  1. Read concussions story.

Exercise 2

  1. Email etiquette basics.

Class 4

Exercise 1

  1. Egypt story.
  2. Handout here.

Exercise 2

  1. Find the study.

 

Class 3 

Exercise 1

  1. New Scientist story. Handout here.
  2. WBUR story. Handout here.

Exercise 2

  1. Build your own news story.