Resources

You all have a story to tell. Your science and research can inform, inspire, and enlighten. With the growing global concern about climate change, scientists and researchers are increasingly being asked to communicate and interact with the public, to share their the results of their research, their perspectives, and their passions for science and discovery. Scientific outreach activities take on many forms including public presentations, media interviews, classroom visits, research partnerships with schools, and involvement in Schools on Board - ArcticNet’s main outreach program with schools.

The strength of this experiential program is the direct involvement of scientists who volunteer to deliver lectures, lab activities, demonstrations, and fieldwork opportunities to participants. The aim of this page is to provide you with some tools that may assist you in communicating your science to the public and more specifically, to facilitate your involvement in the Schools on Board field program.

NSERC – Communicating Science to the Public: A Handbook for Researchers

This guide is designed to make the time you have available for communication as productive as possible. In developing it, we sought advice from university communications directors, science reporters in print and electronic media and NSERC communications personnel.

Fieldwork Templates

  Download Lab/Fieldwork Activity Template

  Download Introductory Lecture Template

Field Program Templates

  Download Lab/Fieldwork Activity Example — Filtration

  Download Lab/Fieldwork Activity Example — Microbial Communities

  Download Lab/Fieldwork Activity Example — Microbial Communities/Hypothesis Driven Lab Activity

  Download Lab/Fieldwork Activity Example — Tracking Down Phytoplankton

  Download Introductory Lecture Example — Microscopic Life in the Coastal Arctic Ocean

  Download Introductory Lecture Example — Phytoplankton

Guide to Classroom Visits

  Download A Scientist’s Guide to Making Classroom Visits