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Visualising the Universe

Deep Space Diary

Activity 5.3

Representing scientific findings and data visually is one way to quickly and effectively communicate. While we often encounter visual representations of data in everyday life, like graphs about our household energy usage or charts about the weather, scientists have a special way of sharing data visually in what’s called an academic poster. This activity invites students to create their own poster, based on a topic of their choice.

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Subjects

  • Art and Design
  • English / Literacy
  • Primary Science / Working Scientifically
  • Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC)

Learning Methods

  • Communicate
  • Draw
  • Reflect
  • Research
  • Visual Literacy
  • Write
Visualising the Universe

Support Materials

Multimedia Downloads

Zap content: Visualising the Universe  (746.01 KB pdf) ↓

Links

  • Excellent academic poster produced as part of NASA’s JWST art competition
  • Scientific poster: Mars and Earth
  • Scientific poster: Big Telescopes
    Please note and point out to student that this poster includes an outdated launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope.
  • Scientific poster of space telescopes over the ages
  • Scientific poster: Earth at Night
  • NASA's tips about creating a scientific poster
  • Example 1 of scientific posters covering other topics
  • Example 2 of scientific posters covering other topics
  • Q&A with Naomi Rowe-Gurney
  • Video interview with Naomi Rowe-Gurney

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Write and illustrate newspaper articles to tell the world everything you’ve discovered with Webb.

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Activity 6.2

Create a visual dictionary using your scientific vocabulary, so everyone can understand your technical lingo.

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Chapter Five: Groundbreaking Discoveries


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