Session 12 Informal Weather Education

Wednesday, 31 January 2024: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
308 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 33rd Conference on Education

This session would showcase informal weather education outreach activities, programs and events being done in local communities across the US and beyond. Partnerships between local, state and federal government, non-profit and for-profit partners would be highlighted. Examples of partners working together could be NOAA, NWS, NHC, AOML, emergency management agencies, universities, local science museums, corporations, and media. Some of these partners could also be Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors. Speakers would make brief presentations followed by a panel discussion for Q&A with the audience.

Papers:
4:30 PM
12.1
Reflections for the 20th Year of Monthly Virtual Informal Regional Focus Group Sessions
Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and J. Galvez, M. Davison, K. A. Caesar, MS, E. Sanders, and M. Garbanzo-Salas

4:45 PM
12.2
Field Trip to the Clouds: K-12 Learning on New England's Tallest Peak
Jacquelyn Bellefontaine, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH; and B. J. Fitzgerald

5:15 PM
12.4
Using Museum Exhibits to Connect People and Nature
Carla Easter, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

5:30 PM
12.5
FIU Informal Weather Education Outreach
Erik L. Salna, M.S., FIU Extreme Events Institute, Miami, FL

5:45 PM
12.6
Super Typhoon Mawar: Embracing Social Media to Keep the World Informed
William Brandon Brandon Aydlett, National Weather Service Guam, Barrigada, GU, Guam; and R. DiMaio, MS and M. L. Aydlett

Handout (15.2 MB)

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