The Up-Goer Five Challenge: Making big ideas more simple by talking about them in words we use a lot
The Up-Goer Five Challenge: Making big ideas more simple by talking about them in words we use a lot
Session ID#: 120668
Session Description:
During this past year of lockdown, have you missed on-the-street encounters where someone asks you, “What do you do?”, or been glad to no longer struggle to describe your research to your airplane seat-mate? Either way, we present you with a valuable, and fun, challenge!
Inspired by the XKCD comic that describes the Saturn V Rocket using only the thousand most common words in English (http://xkcd.com/1133/), we ask speakers to present five-minute scientific talks using the same vocabulary (determined via the Up-Goer Five Text Editor: http://splasho.com/upgoer5).
Why?
When you change the words you use to explain what you do, you:
- Find what is at the heart of your work.
- Can tell ANYONE what you study, because you can make things as simple as they can be.
- Show that it matters to explain what you do, even if it's hard.
(Written using the Up-Goer Five Text Editor.)
Index Terms:
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
Primary Convener: Olivia Ambrogio, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners: Shane Michael Hanlon, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Elizabeth A Landau, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison: Olivia Ambrogio, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
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