Poster Session 1
	Educational Initiatives Poster Session
	Cochairs: Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO; Marianne J. Hayes, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools, Springfield, VA
		P1.1	New NOAA-NWS Education Products   Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
		P1.2	Clustering key concepts when teaching Oceanography online   Horacio Ferriz, California State Univ., Turlock, CA
		P1.3	Visualizing the environment: processing data and imagery to produce effective communication and education tools   Daniel P. Pisut, I.M. Systems Group, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Powell, T. Loomis, and M. Pulliam
		P1.4	Weather Break: meteorological outreach, university recruiting, and improvement of student communication skills via a radio program   Jon M. Schrage, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE
		P1.5	An Online Oceanography Studies Experience in Conjunction with TESSE and GAMEP Programs at Dillard University During Spring 2008   Abdalla Darwish, Dillard Univ., New Orleans, LA
		P1.6	Reworking an earth systems science course at Gallaudet University   Henry David Snyder, Gallaudet Univ., Washington, DC
		P1.7	Fostering GK-12 International Activities between U.S. and Senegal Middle Schools   Tamara L. Battle, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and J. Perrella, M. Alfred, and G. S. Jenkins
		P1.8	Oceanography on the High Plains of Texas (Wayland Baptist University)   Tim R. Walsh, Wayland Baptist Univ., Plainview, TX; and M. Bryan
		P1.9	Using Online Ocean Studies to Chart a New Course in Science Teacher Education   Julie Lambert, Florida Atlantic Univ., Key Biscayne, FL; and J. Hargis
		P1.10	Online weather at Gavilan in 2007   Andrew H. Van Tuyl, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA
		P1.11	Online Ocean Studies brings the sea to the Mid-Continent USA   Virginia M. Ragan, Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City, MO
		P1.12	Status of the Online Oceanography Course at California State University, Los Angeles   Pedro Ramirez, California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA; and S. LaDochy
		P1.13	Teaching the course of Online Ocean Studies at Houston Community College System, Southeast College   Cheng Ting, Southeast College, Houston, TX
		P1.14	Integrating OWS materials into an existing introductory meteorology class   Meredith L. Leonard, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, CA
		P1.17	Introduction of Online Ocean Studies to New Mexico Junior College   Roene Neu, New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, NM
		P1.15	Initial progress in three-stage plan to implement On-line Ocean Studies at New Jersey City University   John M. O'Brien, New Jersey City Univ., Jersey City, NY
		P1.16	Online Weather Studies for the Millennial Generation   Erik N. Christensen, South Florida Community College, Avon Park, FL
		P1.18	An oceanography course to enhance earth sciences offerings at an HBCU   David Padgett, Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN
		P1.19	The use of near real-time data for research and teaching at an HSI: leveling the playing field   LeeAnne Martínez, Colorado State Univ., Pueblo, CO
		P1.20	Oceans affecting Environment at Rosebud Indian Reservation   Subodh Singh, Sinte Gleska Univ., Mission, SD; and N. Singh and V. K. Singh
		P1.21	Demand on online weather and atmosphere courses offered by CSUN   Gong-Yuh Lin, California State Univ., Northridge, CA
		P1.22	Implementing Online Weather into the quarter system using archive files   Steve LaDochy, California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA
		P1.23	Incorporating the AMS Online Weather Studies resources in the design of a new meteorology course   Stephen L. Arnold, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
		P1.24	The sea and sky connection in a high school physical science class   Ann Kelly, AMS/AERA, St. Louis, MO
		P1.25	Creating user-friendly tools for data analysis and visualization in K-12 classrooms: A Fortran dinosaur meets Generation Y   Lin H. Chambers, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and S. Chaudhury, M. T. Page, A. J. Lankey, J. Doughty, S. Kern, and T. M. Rogerson
		P1.26	NWS & AMS—Education Outreach at its Best   Robert P. Wanton, NOAA/NWS, Mt. Holly, NJ; and J. D. Moore and J. Poirier
		P1.27	DLESE-Facilitating High Quality Earth Science Education   Steve Michael Carlson, AMS/NOAA Project Atmosphere AREA, White Salmon, WA
		P1.28	Enhancing Elementary School Students' Understanding of Hurricanes   William R. Huskin, Central Bucks School District, Doylestown, PA
		P1.29	Kids' Weather Hour at WFO Amarillo—using NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio as an educational tool   Matthew R. Kramar, NOAA/NWSFO, Amarillo, TX; and J. J. Brost
		P1.30	Meteorology in an integrated activity-based Summer Science Institute for middle school students   Richard Wagner, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO; and L. S. Johnson
		P1.31	Teaching an online oceanography laboratory course using the American Meteorological Society Online Ocean Studies Curriculum   Jacquelyn Hams, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA
		P1.33	Updated Tornado Safety Preparedness for Schools   Timothy W. Troutman, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and H. M. Allen, J. M. Coyne, and D. Nadler
		P1.34	Science on a Sphere - educational applications at the Nauticus museum   John Anderson, Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith, R. L. Beale, B. H. Maggi, S. Ackerman, and M. Fisher
		P1.32	Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science-STEM Education for the General Public   Emilie Lorditch, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD
		P1.35	Two courses missing from US university meteorology programs   Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Murillo and J. F. Mejia
		P1.36	International Summer Experiences for Students in Senegal – Year 2   Gregory Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC
		P1.37	European Meteorological Society and education in atmospheric sciences   Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Belda
		P1.38	Radar-Based Laboratory Exercises Taught at Lyndon State College   Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT
		P1.39	Constant Proportions in the Ocean: A Constructivist approach to teaching seawater compostion   Andrew C. Muller, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
		P1.40	Kean University's Weather Hazard Education & Research for Ecosystems of Urban Relevance in NJ (Kean University's WHERE – UR – in New Jersey!)   Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ
		P1.41	Integrating Weather in a tank: From non-major freshmen to junior meteorology majors and graduate dynamicists   Amit Tandon, Univ. of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA; and L. Illari, J. Marshall, S. Lee, G. McKinley, M. C. Morgan, R. D. Clark, T. W. N. Haine, and K. Mackin
		P1.42	Teaching with tanks: geophysical fluid experiments in undergraduate education   Richard D. Clark, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and S. Clevenstine, L. Illari, J. Marshall, A. Tandon, S. Lee, T. W. N. Haine, G. McKinley, M. Morgan, and K. Mackin
		P1.43	Summer Season Convective Initiation – Students as Independent Researchers   Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ
		P1.44	Implementing Weather Studies in Multiple Formats for Non-Science and Science Majors   Bruce E. Allison, Wesley College, Dover, DE
		P1.45	Ocean studies: from the virtual world to the real   Barbara Hillery, SUNY, Old Westbury, NY
		P1.46	Online Lab Science Course: Meeting the needs of a non-traditional student   James E. Edson Jr., Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR
		P1.47	Developing online teaching tools using Python, Zope, and Plone   Jeffrey G. Pittman, Lamar Univ., Beaumont, TX
		P1.48	An assessment of a weather forecasting contest in multi-leveled meteorology classes   Joby Hilliker, West Chester Univ., West Chester, PA
		P1.49	YouTube as a tool for meteorological education   Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman
		P1.50	Lessons learned from Katrina - diabetes preparations before the next storm   Peggy B. Bourgeois, Southeast Association of Diabetes Educators (S'eLADE), Baton Rouge, LA
		P1.51	Service learning through Earth Gauge   Redina L. Herman, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL
		P1.52	A new operational forecasting webpage at the University of Oklahoma   Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. M. Shafer, P. T. Marsh, and M. J. Laufersweiler
		P1.53	Hurricane Weather Support and Education at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University   Randell J. Barry, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL
		P1.54	International focus group– virtually there with VISITview   Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and V. Castro, M. Davison, A. Mostek, and T. M. Whittaker
		P1.55	An Online Textbook: A Rich Resource for Tropical Meteorology Education   Arlene Laing, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Evans and W. Abshire
		P1.57	Cyclones, cones, and confusion: Perspectives from forecasters   Gina M. Eosco, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
		P1.58	The IODP “School of Rock: Exploring Ocean Cores at the Gulf Coast Repository”   Michael J. Passow, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and L. Peart, M. Leckie, D. Thomas, and S. Katz Cooper
		P1.59	The NCAR Climate Discovery Online Course Sequence for Middle and High School Educators   Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Henderson, L. Gardiner, B. Hathaway, K. Meymaris, R. Russell, D. Ward, and S. Foster
		P1.60	Online Ocean Studies   Carlos J. Ayarza Real, Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

Sunday, 20 January 2008: 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Exhibit Hall B

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