UTPA C-STEM Writing Workshop
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Accompanies YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SToUYbQ5Spc Presentation of scientific writing given at C-STEM, The University of Texas-Pan American, on 9 May 2013.
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UTPA C-STEM Writing Workshop
- 5. “How can I make this sound scientific?”
- 6. When you write an essay, do you choose big or complex words to make the writing seem more valid or intelligent? Oppenheimer DE. 2006. Appl Cog Psych 20: 139–156 http://womeninwetlands.blogspot.com/2012/10/grandiloquent-erudite- http://www.digitaloffice.ca/eOfficeProducts/product.php?productid=2570460
- 7. Readers judge people who write more complicated text as less intelligent. Oppenheimer DE. 2006. Appl Cog Psych 20: 139–156 http://womeninwetlands.blogspot.com/2012/10/grandiloquent-erudite-vernacular.html http://cheezburger.com/6575122176
- 9. “A substantial rainfall event…”
- 10. It is postulated that membranes change from a continuous state when hydrated to a discontinuous state when dried. As pollen moisture content is reduced, membrane structure alters; in effect, becoming more porous. http://sarcozona.org/2012/10/03/science-ese-2/ http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/37249
- 11. I think pollen membranes crack when they dry out. http://sarcozona.org/2012/10/03/science-ese-2/ http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/37249
- 12. Abundant availability of host trees due to altered disturbance regimes has facilitated an unprecedented, landscape-wide outbreak of this pest in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, during the past decade. http://sarcozona.org/2012/10/09/science-ese-slight-understatement-edition/ http://robertmcrowe.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/road-trip-through-changing-climate/
- 13. ALL THE TREES ARE DEAD. ALL OF THEM. http://sarcozona.org/2012/10/09/science-ese-slight-understatement-edition/ http://robertmcrowe.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/road-trip-through-changing-climate/
- 14. Easy ones The fact that In order to At this point in time As to whether As well as Serves as Are shown to be Are well known and acknowledged That To Now Whether And Is Are Are
- 16. “Nearly every writing problem you have can be solved by making things simpler.” – John Scalzi Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don’t Want to Work at Writing http://poisonedpen.com/event/john-scalzi-signs-the-human-division/
- 22. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/jpl/news/cassubu-20080417.html “A loving upgoerfive intro to Saturn and some of its moons” By Rachel Klippenstein http://io9.com/5977086/this-upgoerfive-about-saturn-and-its-moons-is-a-truly-beautiful-thing
- 23. (A)n average six-year-old has a vocabulary… of 16,000 words. And an average adult’s vocabulary is around 60,000. So Up Goer Five is only useful if you are going to talk to pre-schoolers. Carl Zimmer http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rjks59 http://taishimizu.com/320/NECSS-2011
- 26. http://womeninwetlands.blogspot.com/2012/09/somenovice-writers-think-that-more.html High score = more readable
- 28. Punctuate, damn you (Apostrophe use) is an instantaneous method for determining whether the person writing is facile with the language and/or cares about doing things correctly. – Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/05/do_apostrophes_.html
- 29. If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. – Stephen King http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128239303