{"id":7,"date":"2022-06-22T19:57:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T23:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-03-30T16:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T20:31:19","slug":"education-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/education-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Education\/Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tOutreach\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2025\/03\/IMG_4871-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A photo from one of the workshop we held to discuss science communication at WHOI in 2023\" height=\"1920\" width=\"2560\" title=\"IMG_4871\" \/>\n\t\tA photo from one of the workshop we held to discuss science communication at WHOI in 2023\n\t<h3>Elevator Pitch for labs<\/h3>\n<p>I co-led a new initiative\u00a0 at WHOI that we called Elevator Pitch for Labs&#8221; to equip WHOI researchers with the knowledge and tools to effectively communicate their lab-based science to non-specialist audiences, including the general public, K-12 students, and community college students.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2022\/06\/group-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A group photo of the IMPACT workshop participants at AGU headquarter in Washington DC\" height=\"1384\" width=\"2560\" title=\"group\" \/>\n\t\tA group photo of the IMPACT workshop participants at AGU headquarter in Washington DC\n\t<h3>Advancing the impact of scientific ocean drilling<\/h3>\n<p>I have recently participated in a workshop that focuses on advancing the impact of scientific ocean drilling in Washington DC. For more information, check out the link below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/iodp\/2022-impact\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMPACT Workshop 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2022\/07\/Whatdoesascientistlooklike.jpeg\" alt=\"Research found that most kids draw an older person with funky hair playing with chemicals if they are asked to draw a scientist. Read more in Kevin Kurtz's website.\" height=\"600\" width=\"600\" title=\"What+does+a+scientist+look+like\" \/>\n\t\tResearch found that most kids draw an older person with funky hair playing with chemicals if they are asked to draw a scientist. Read more in Kevin Kurtz&#8217;s website.\n\t<h3>Spot a Scientist<\/h3>\n<p>Spot a scientist is a game designed by Kevin Kurtz, a children&#8217;s author and educator, to broaden kids&#8217; imagination and help them better visualize what real scientists look like. I am in this game! Feel free to play the game to see if you can spot a scientist by following this link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevkurtz.com\/can-you-spot-a-scientist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spot a scientist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To read more about Kevin Kurtz&#8217;s work, visit his website:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevkurtz.com\/\">http:\/\/www.kevkurtz.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outreach A photo from one of the workshop we held to discuss science communication at WHOI in 2023 Elevator Pitch for labs I co-led a new initiative\u00a0 at WHOI that we called Elevator Pitch for Labs&#8221; to equip WHOI researchers with the knowledge and tools to effectively communicate their lab-based science to non-specialist audiences, including&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/mohammedhashim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}