I threw together some bingo cards for the Ocean Sciences conference. While admittedly a bit opinionated and cynical, I had the idea because I just taught a class in science communication, and have been thinking a lot about the mistakes we see in talks (and posters), often committed by those of us who should know better! Plus, I had just sat through an interminable “I have more of a comment than a question” ordeal at a recent seminar. So I thought this might be a fun way for some of my students to pay attention to the talks.

There is a wonderful website that saved me a ton of time - osric.com/bingo-card-generator/ lets you paste in a comma-delimited list of items, and will then generate randomized bingo cards for you to print and use. Hope this helps someone else!