BEN GILLILAND dot com
  • Home
  • The BLOG
  • Cosm revisted
  • Infographics
  • Books
  • About
  • Contact
  • BONUS MATERIAL

The BLOG

An occasional blog about recent projects

Mooning around for STFC

2/7/2018

2 Comments

 
I spent later the later quarter of 2017 and first quarter of 2018 working on a mahoosive project for the Science and Technology Facilities Council. The goal was to completely redesign the entire suite of support materials for their awesome Borrow the Moon Lunar rock and meteorite loan scheme.

The STFC's Borrow the Moon scheme allows schools and universities to borrow samples of lunar material brought back to Earth during NASA’s Apollo missions – as well as samples of meteorites. The scheme has run with great success for a number of years and, after being handled by thousands of students, some of the samples were starting to look a little bit tired and in need of a little rejuvenation. So, while the physical samples were given a spring clean and the number and scope of the samples expanded, it was decided that the accompanying educational materials would also receive a complete revamp and redesign – ready for a grand relaunch in March this year.

The splendid folk at the National Space Academy were tasked with developing the materials for the Teacher's pack and the many activities that accompany the scheme. I was tasked with designing it all so it looked all nice and shiny, but was also easy for students and teachers alike to engage with and use.

On top of this, I was given the task of creating some entirely new materials to complement the scheme, which I would write, illustrate and design entirely from scratch... but I'll cover those in the next couple of blog posts.
​
The final page count for the Teacher's pack was 62 pages and the Activities pack was at the generous end of 70-odd pages, so I won't share them all here! If you want to check out the materials in their entirety, head over to the STFC's Borrow the Moon webpage!
Infographics are an incredibly powerful tool for communicating complex ideas to customers, the public, or to policy makers.
So, if you think your company, institution... or perhaps evil empire... would benefit from Ben's infographics why not get in touch to discuss your needs?
Click here to drop Ben an email to start the conversation.
2 Comments
downloadpopcorntimeapk.com link
28/2/2019 04:11:39 am

When I initially remarked I tapped the - Notify me when new remarks are included checkbox and now each time a remark is included I get four messages with a similar remark. Is there any way you can expel me from that administration? Much appreciated!

Reply
desksta link
19/5/2020 10:17:45 am

I admire this article for the well-researched content and excellent wording. I got so involved in this material that I couldn’t stop reading. I am impressed with your work and skill. Thank you so much

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Ben Gilliland is a freelance science writer, graphic journalist, illustrator and author with more than 20 years of experience. This is where he talks about work he has done... on the off-chance anyone is interested.

    Archives

    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • The BLOG
  • Cosm revisted
  • Infographics
  • Books
  • About
  • Contact
  • BONUS MATERIAL