Storytelling with Data Visualization
As SOS creators, you not only need to know the science behind a particular geological phenomenon well, but you also have to be able to explain it in an engaging, understandable way to an audience of non-scientists! Below are ways to approach this task from a storytelling perspective.
Image by Coincidencity under CC BY 4.0 Image by Dan Hoffman
Finding Images
Since you will be creating content for the public, it is important that you find materials that you are legally able to reuse for your projects. The sites below include content that you can repurpose.
- Earth Science World Image BanksThis Image Bank is designed to provide quality geoscience images to the public, educators, and the geoscience community.
- Wikimedia CommonsAn online repository of free-to-use of images, sound, and other media files.
- Visible EarthA catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet
Teaching Resources
Government Sites
- Weather & Atmosphere Education Resources National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Outreach Resources National Hurricane Center
- Science on a Sphere Lesson Plans National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Education Sites
- Teach the Earth - Aggregates geoscience educational resources
Youtube SOS Videos
NOAA has a variety of SOS presentations that can serve as models while you develop your scripts and the corresponding images.