Natural Sciences 191CNS57 - FYS- Shark Week
Fall
2017
01
1.00
Katherine McClellan
W 11:15AM 12:05PM
UMass Amherst
42496
Open to students in the CNS Connect RAP in Mary Lyon. Instructor Katherine McClellan Seminar Description for CNS Connect RAP in Mary Lyon Hall
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Are you one of the 40 million people that watched Shark Week on the Discovery Channel last year? Educational programming like this both informs and entertains, which has helped shift attitudes about sharks from the 1960s ?kill the man-eater? to the current focus on shark conservation, and entertains, but can also propagate shark myths with sensationalized programming. In this seminar, we will examine topics in shark and marine science, conservation, and science communication through the lens of Shark Week. Students will use these examples to critically evaluate scientific media and literature and learn how science can be communicated to different audiences.
Please see - http://www.umass.edu/rap/cns-connect-rap
Are you one of the 40 million people that watched Shark Week on the Discovery Channel last year? Educational programming like this both informs and entertains, which has helped shift attitudes about sharks from the 1960s ?kill the man-eater? to the current focus on shark conservation, and entertains, but can also propagate shark myths with sensationalized programming. In this seminar, we will examine topics in shark and marine science, conservation, and science communication through the lens of Shark Week. Students will use these examples to critically evaluate scientific media and literature and learn how science can be communicated to different audiences.