ALYSSA L. ABBEY
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Science Communication & Outreach

Children's graphic novels

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With a desire to introduce more people, and especially young people, to Earth Science, I began looking into creating children's stories that explain Geology and Earth science concepts.
- We ran a successful Kickstarter and now have published the first book in the Unearthing series!
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Unearthing Mountains is a children's graphic novel that describes the processes behind how mountains are made and how they change through time.
​- If you are interested in purchasing a copy of the book please email me: alyssalabbey@gmail.com 

- We also have stickers and coloring books from Unearthing Mountains!
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The Biota Project
From 2019 to 2021 I worked with The Biota Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to science communication through the integration of art, science and nature to connect to local communities and address issues of environmental justice.
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As a writer, content developer, and project lead for Biota ran a campaigns on the intersection of science and art through the creation of maps, interviews with scientists and construction of feature articles, creation of content for themed social media posts, and wrote proposals to seek funding
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One inspiring & enlightening experience came in September 2020, when I was asked to represent The Biota Project as a panelist for the Festival of Science & Science Moab series on Rethinking Science in the Southwest
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Check out these #SciComm blog posts I wrote for TBP
Earth's Changing Surface: It Takes Time!
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​Learning Where Water Comes From, with Isotopes
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Be A Scientist!
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I had the opportunity in 2018 & 2019 to work with eight different seventh graders from  middle schools in Berkeley, CA (Martin Luther King Jr. & Longfellow middle schools).
Students developed their own projects and experiments including:

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  • Building motors and testing battery circuits
  • Assessing the effects of different pH waters on corals
  • Observing dry-ice reactions in different solutions
  • Evaluating different parachute materials  
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