LINKS TO RECOMMENDED SITES

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GENERAL INSTRUCTION

• Description and ordering information for video on how to give effective scientific presentations
• How to give effective presentations
• Tips on designing poster presentations
• Discussion of the use of the passive in scientific writing
• Four editors edit the same scientific passage

GRANT WRITING

• Proposal Writing: Selected Web Sites

COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA

• Tips and links on communicating with the media from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

• Psci-com: a gateway to the public understanding of science
• The Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, which trains ecologists how to communicate with the public
• The federal government’s site on plain language
• Home page of the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program, which emphasizes importance of scientific communication

CONFERENCES ON SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

• The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s conference on Best Practices For Communicating Science And Technology To The Public
• The 7th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST)

MORE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION SITES

• NASA’s bibliography of articles, books and web sites on public understanding of science

More links to scientific and environmental communication sites are posted on this site’s “TIPS” section.

SKEPTICAL INQUIRY SITES

• James Randi Educational Foundation: An Education Resource on the Paranormal, Pseudoscientific and Supernatural
• Home of The Skeptics Society -- a scientific and educational organization of scholars, scientists, historians, magicians, professors and teachers, and others who are curious about controversial ideas, extraordinary claims, revolutionary ideas and the promotion of science.
• Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal

FREE DOWNLOADABLE IMAGES OF EARTH & SPACE

• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Photo Library
• Astronaut's Views of the Home Planet
• Earth Science World Image Bank
• The Latest NASA Images of Natural Hazards
• Astronomy Picture of the Day: Every day, this NASA site features a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a brief explanation written by an astronomer.

ELEPHANT CONSERVATION

• Elephant Information Repository
• Elephant Nature Park in Thailand
• Friends of the Asian Elephant
• Mulatta Records: A Thai Elephant Orchestra
• The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (An Elephant Orphanage in Kenya)
• Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project

OTHER FASCINATING SCIENCE AND NATURE SITES

• The United States Geological Survey’s Volcano Hazards Program
• Volcano World
• Eco-Portal
• Everything You Want to Know About Jellyfish
• Clear Graphic Explanation of Why Eclipses happen
• Grist Magazine: Gloom and Doom With A Sense of Humor

OTHER RECOMENDED SITES

• The site of critically acclaimed Holocaust Writer, Holocaust Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist Dorit Whiteman
  (Yes, we have the same last name, and are proud of each other's work.)
• Lily Whiteman's site on federal jobs.