| Saturday, 13 January 2001 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday
1 Workshop Registration |
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| Sunday, 14 January 2001 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Sunday
Poster Session 1 Educational Outreach Activities |
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Chairpersons: Marianne C. Hayes, Devers Elementary School, Ft. Bragg, NC; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue Jr. High School, St. Louis, MO
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| P1.1 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| P1.2 | Energy budget studies in the Big Horn Mountains
Susannah M. Burrows, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and M. B. Garrison, W. L. Serencsits, and L. Smith |
| P1.3 | Paper Transfered to Session 4, New Paper Number 4.3A
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| P1.4 | Ten years of the COMET Residence Program
Gregory Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and T. Spangler and M. Kelsch |
| P1.5 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| P1.6 | Synergistic Expansion: Maury Project and Atmospheric Resource Agents Join Forces
Faye McCollum, AMS/AERA, Muscogee County Schools, Columbus, GA |
| P1.7 | Nature's Artistic Phenomena
Faye McCollum, AMS/AERA, Muscogee County Schools, Columbus, GA |
| P1.8 | Earth Systems Science Celebrations
Steve M. Carlson, AMS/AERA and Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR |
| P1.9 | Reaching across the University
David E. Stooksbury, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| P1.10 | Weather Education in Arkansas: The National Weather Service
Rene' T. Carson, AMS/AERA, Little Rock School District, Little Rock, AR; and G. Wilken |
| P1.11 | Experiential Learning in Geography and the Earth and Environmental Sciences: Enhancing Public Awareness of Atmospheric Environments Through Field Studies
George G. Meldrum, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and T. C. Arnold |
| P1.12 | Influence of Climatic Variables on the Hydrology of a Montane Wetland
Emily R. Chiswick-Patterson, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and Z. J. Hershey, M. B. Garrison, M. T. Ackerman, J. Hamil, S. Miller, and K. Short |
| P1.13 | A Limnological Investigation of a High Alpine Lake and the Influences of Climate
Charu Chander, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and L. Guralnick, W. Serencsits, and S. Warburton |
| P1.14 | Investigating Successional Vegetation Changes and their Relation to Sensitive Small Mammal Habitats in a Primitive Montane Riparian Environment
Jennifer M. Vrentas, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and N. Petrovic, S. Crandall, and M. Richardson |
| P1.15 | Importance of Construction Mapping Coordinates for the Presentation of Spacial Distribution of Climatic Data within an Alpine Environment
Adam P. Steele, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and E. Hirshon, K. Heil, R. Higgins, and T. Engelder |
| P1.16 | Recent Training and Results from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training
Brian C. Motta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, B. Zajac, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, B. Grant, J. LaDue, A. Mostek, P. Wolf, J. Weaver, and R. Zehr |
| P1.17 | The MIT Industrial Liaison Program: Bridging the University and Private Sector
Todd Glickman, MIT, Cambridge, MA |
| P1.18 | WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE: An Interactive Interdisciplinary Earth and Space Sciences Website
David Mastie, Pioneer High School, Chelsea, MI; and M. Hayes |
| P1.19 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| P1.20 | DataStreme in the Secondary Geography Classroom
Peggy Lynne Killam Smith, St. Mary's High School, Annapolis, MD; and S. Hottle-Schultz |
| P1.21 | Earth2class: a unique workshop/on-line/distance-learning teacher-training project
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and K. Corder, C. M. Assumpcao, F. D. Baggio, and C. Roushias |
| P1.22 | Earth2class: educational technologies to support teacher enhancement programs
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and C. M. Assumpcao, F. D. Baggio, K. Corder, and C. Roushias |
| P1.23 | Earth2Class: teacher enhancement through workshop/Internet/distance learning
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and K. Corder, C. M. Assumpcao, F. D. Baggio, and C. Roushias |
| P1.24 | Who learns more, the student or the scientist? Experiences in mentoring a high school student
Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO |
| P1.25 | Weather educational tools to help students and teachers.
Mike J. Arellano, Weather Research Center, Houston, TX; and J. F. Hasling |
| P1.26 | Women in Natural Science (WINS) Programing at the Blue Hill Observatory Science Center
William E. Minsinger, Blue Hill Observatory, Milton, MA; and C. Orloff, M. Micheals, and H. M. Mogil |
| P1.27 | Visualization And Data Analysis At USF: Integrating Meteorology, Hydrology, and related geophysical sciences
Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and G. A. Tobin |
| P1.28 | Earth System Science—Multiple teaching styles impacting teacher training programs
Lawrence E. Greenleaf, AMS/AERA, Belfast Area High School, Belfast, ME |
| P1.29 | Expanding Datastreme's North Carolina Cyber-Campus Sites
Frankie Vann, AMS/AERA,, Clinton, NC |
| P1.30 | A Model for Enhancing Public Awareness through Collaborative Education Programs
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Blackwood, NJ; and J. Nese, K. Orr, and R. P. Wanton |
| P1.31 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| P1.32 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| P1.33 | Using a "menu" approach to design and implementation of outreach programs
Bryan Yeaton, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH |
| P1.34 | CoCo RaHS (Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study) Simple Science with Significant Results
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| P1.35 | The "Celebrating 20th Century Pioneers in Atmospheric Sciences: Examining 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities" Workshop
Vernon R. Morris, Center for the Study of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Atmospheres/Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins, E. Joseph, R. Petty, and C. Watkins |
| P1.36 | Climate Change Education and Outreach in Atlantic Canada
Anne-Marie Leger, EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada |
| P1.37 | Preparing for WES in Northern Virginia
Beth A. Jewell, AMS/AERA and West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA |
| P1.38 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| P1.39 | The DataStreme Project: reaching a milestone
Robert S. Weinbeck, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and E. J. Hopkins, B. A. Blair, I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, and M. M. Ficek |
| P1.40 | HPVCI—Distance Learning
Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy and P. J. Fitzpatrick |
| P1.41 | The Weather Classroom: How about a Career in Meteorology!
Mishelle Michaels, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA |
| P1.42 | INCREASING WEATHER AWARENESS IN LOCAL SCHOOL THROUGH DATASTREME: EXPERIENCES OF OF THE ALBUQUERQUE LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION TEAM.
Jim Smith, Moriarty High School, Moriarty, NM; and K. M. Jones |
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| Monday, 15 January 2001 |
| 7:30 AM, Monday
Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January |
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| 8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Monday
Session 1 K–12 Educational Initiatives (Part I) |
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Chairpersons: Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWSFO, Dickinson, TX; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladau Jr. High School, St. Louis, MO
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| 8:15 AM | | Introductory Remarks
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| 8:30 AM | 1.2 | Example Damage to School Structures from the 3 May 1999 Tornado Outbreak: How Safe Is Your School’s Tornado Emergency Plan?
Andrea Dawn Melvin, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel |
| 8:45 AM | 1.3 | Lightning Safety For Schools
William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and R. J. Vavrek, F. C. Brody, J. T. Madura, and D. E. Harms |
| 9:00 AM | 1.4 | Inquiry-based Weather Lessons Utilizing Real-Time Data
Christopher Duvall, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and M. Holzer |
| 9:15 AM | 1.5 | Using meteorological data to teach teachers about inference: An adaptation of existing programs
Eric A. Pani, Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and P. A. Watts |
| 9:30 AM | 1.6 | Talking about science in remote places: Climatology at a rural museum
Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO |
| 9:45 AM | 1.7 | The Mount Washington Observatory Travelling Outreach Programs
Bryan Yeaton, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-11:59 AM, Monday
Session 2 K–12 Educational Initiatives (Part II) |
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Chairpersons: Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladau Jr. High School, St. Louis, MO; Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWSFO, Dickinson, TX
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| 10:30 AM | 2.1 | Earth2class: what research scientists can share with classroom teachers
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and J. D. Ortiz, D. Witter, C. Small, M. Visbeck, A. Lerner-Lam, R. Lotti Bond, O. R. Anderson, R. Sambrotto, J. Armbruster, and K. Griffin |
| 10:45 AM | 2.2 | Educational Outreach Activities of a State Climate Office
David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and C. Duvall |
| 11:00 AM | 2.3 | Exploitation of weather satellite imagery in the K–12 classroom
P. H. Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and W. R. Lusher |
| | 2.4 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| 11:15 AM | 2.4a | The Weather Classroom: How about a Career in Meteorology!
Mishelle Michaels, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA |
| 11:29 AM | 2.5 | Introducing Meteorology in a topic based curriculum of Secondary Education Physics
Agueda Benito-Capa, Universidad Europea/CEES, Madrid, Spain |
| 11:44 AM | 2.6 | Meteorological Education at School in Europe—Prospects and Some Projects
Werner Wehry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
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| 12:30 PM-2:00 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday
Joint Session 1 Delivery of Scientific and Technical Information on the World Wide Web Pertaining to the Atmosphere, the Oceans and the Coastal Zone:Part I (Joint between 10 Symp on Education and 17 Conf on IIPS; Cosponsered by the Committee on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone) |
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Chairpersons: Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Henry Robinson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Srping, MD
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| 1:15 PM | J1.1 | Application of the NWS/COMET® Case Study Library to Development of Web-based Training
Elizabeth M. Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and P. O'Reilly, J. Weber, and D. Kiessling |
| 1:30 PM | J1.2 | Weather for the common man (or woman): a web course for the masses
Debbie M. Schaum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and R. C. Bagby |
| 1:45 PM | J1.3 | Webcasts: A Method for Rapidly Delivering Expertise and Training
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and P. Parrish, J. Lamos, and G. Byrd |
| 2:00 PM | J1.4 | Using the Web to support teaching introductory classes in meteorology
Steve A Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker |
| 2:15 PM | J1.5 | How the Maury Project Supports Teaching and Learning about Marine and Coastal Environments
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and I. W. Geer and D. E. McManus |
| 2:30 PM | J1.6 | Using VISITview for real-time collaborations
Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Grant, S. Bachmeier, T. Mostek, B. Motta, K. Schrab, and G. Wade |
| 2:45 PM | J1.7 | Navy Weather and Ocean charts available to Educators via the open Internet for use in classroom training
Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM-4:45 PM, Monday
Joint Session 2 Delivery of Scientific and Technical Information on the World Wide Web Pertaining to the Atmosphere, the Oceans and the Coastal Zone: Part II (Joint between 10 Education and 17 IIPS; Cosponsered by the Committee on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone) |
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Chairpersons: Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Henry Robinson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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| | J2.1 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| 3:30 PM | J2.2 | Water in the Earth System (WES): A Report on First Year Activities
Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and D. R. Smith, J. M. Moran, and R. S. Weinbeck |
| 3:45 PM | J2.3 | Improving hydrologic literacy and the web
Jim Washburne, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. Woodard, J. Luft, and K. Carpenter |
| 4:00 PM | J2.4 | Integrating GLOBE Student Data Observations at NCDC in Climate Monitoring Activities
Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and K. C. Chhak and W. M. Faas |
| 4:15 PM | J2.5 | A Digital Library for Earth System Education
Mary R. Marlino, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Manduca, D. Mogk, K. Ginger, D. Fulker, and T. Sumner |
| 4:30 PM | J2.6 | The Technology Behind a Virtual Exploratorium: A Resource for Discovery-Based Learning in the Geosciences
Daniel J. Bramer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and K. Hay, M. R. Marlino, D. Middleton, R. Pandya, M. Ramamurthy, T. Scheitlin, and B. Wilhelmson |
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| 5:00 PM, Monday
Oral Sessions end for the day |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| Tuesday, 16 January 2001 |
| 8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday
Session 3 Special Session on Increasing Awareness of Meteorology and Oceanography through Popular and Informal Educational Activities |
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Chairpersons: Howard A. Friedman, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; Jon M. Nese, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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| 8:30 AM | 3.1 | Stories my meteorologist told me: how journalists craft popular understanding of weather, oceans, and the sciences
Jeffrey O. Rosenfeld, Weatherwise Magazine, El Cerrito, CA |
| 9:00 AM | 3.2 | Balloons, Raindrops and Streaming Media: Meteorological Fun and Fact for All Ages
Cynthia Schmidt, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Foster |
| 9:15 AM | 3.3 | Increasing the Level of Scientific Outreach Through Television Weathercasts
Dave Jones, NBC4 WRC-TV, Washington, DC |
| 9:30 AM | 3.4 | Why the Public Should Care about the Mud at the Bottom of the Sea: Ocean
Shelly M. Lauzon, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA |
| 9:45 AM | 3.5 | Museum Education in Atmospheric and Oceanic Hazards
Jon M. Nese, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Tuesday
Exhibit Hours |
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| 10:30 AM-11:59 AM, Tuesday
Session 4 University Educational Initiatives (Part I) |
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Chairpersons: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
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| 10:30 AM | 4.1 | Enhancing public awareness of climate through a COMET outreach project
Julie Adolphson, NOAA/NWSFO, Syracuse, IN; and D. Vincent, A. Lese, S. Lashley, J. Giovannettone, B. O'Hara, T. Reaugh, G. Lamberty, and S. O'Connor |
| 10:45 AM | 4.2 | Delivery of NWP Training Materials over the Internet
Richard Cianflone, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiber-Abshire, W. Bua, and S. Jascourt |
| | 4.3 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| 11:00 AM | 4.3A | The Jackson State University Meteorology Program's Role in Diversity in Atmospheric Science Research and Teaching: Current Success and New Initiatives (Formerly poster P1.3)
Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS |
| 11:14 AM | 4.4 | The UltraViolet Impacts Network: Linking atmospheric education and health risk assessment
Melanie A. Wetzel, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. Jenrow |
| 11:29 AM | 4.5 | Sensible use of streaming video in a college-level course in applied climatology
Joanne Logan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; and M. D. Mullen |
| 11:44 AM | 4.6 | National Dissemination of Online Weather Studies: a college-level distance-learning course on the basics of meteorology
Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and B. A. Blair, M. M. Ficek, R. S. Weinbeck, J. A. Brey, E. J. Hopkins, and J. M. Moran |
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| 12:15 PM, Tuesday
Annual Meeting Luncheon |
| 12:15 PM | 0.1 | Details on Luncheon Speakers
Jim Hartz and Rick Chappell, authors of the book World's apart: How the distance between science and journalism threatens America's future |
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| 2:15 PM-3:45 PM, Tuesday
Session 5 University Educational Initiatives (Part II) |
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Chairpersons: Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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| 2:15 PM | 5.1 | "The Business of Weather": A seminar course designed to overcome a gap in the traditional meteorological curriculum
Amanda S. Adams, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Samenow and G. J. Tripoli |
| 2:30 PM | 5.2 | "Thunderstorms in a Box": Using the UW-NMS and VIS5D to aid students in the understanding of supercell thunderstorms
Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli |
| 2:45 PM | 5.3 | Creation of a Virtual Tornadic Thunderstorm: Enabling Student-Centered Learning about Complex Storm-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics
Douglas N. Yarger, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus, Jr., C. Cruz-Neira, K. Meinert, and R. Heer |
| 3:00 PM | 5.4 | Teaching atmospheric sciences: A graduate course
Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. J. Wuebbles |
| 3:15 PM | 5.5 | Using a Dynamical Atmospheric Model to Develop a Virtual Atmospheric Laboratory
Glenn E. Van Knowe, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and K. R. Tyle, K. T. Waight, III, J. W. Zack, and J. T. Moore |
| 3:30 PM | 5.6 | Using the virtual exploratorium to support inquiry-based learning in introductory geoscience courses: An ENSO example
Rajul E. Pandya, West Chester University, West Chester, PA; and D. J. Bramer, K. E. Hay, M. R. Marlino, D. Middleton, M. K. Ramamurthy, T. Scheitlin, and R. B. Wilhelmson |
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| 3:30 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday
a Exhibit Hours |
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| 3:45 PM-4:15 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break |
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| 3:45 PM, Tuesday
a Symposium Ends |
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| 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday
Grand Poster Night |
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| Wednesday, 17 January 2001 |
| 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday
President's Symposium |
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| 9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
President's Symposium Continued |
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| 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet |
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| Thursday, 18 January 2001 |
| 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) |
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| 6:30 PM, Thursday
Closing Keynote Address |
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| 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Thursday
Fiesta |
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