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Joint Session 3: 16th Symposium on Education

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Sunday, 14 January 2007

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5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 14 January 2007


Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Marianne J. Hayes, AMS Education Resource Educator; Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator

Papers:
 
P1.1
Weather, Weather, Weather at National Hispanic University
Cecilia Serrano, AMS, San Jose, CA

 
P1.2
Weather & Climate Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Geography and Geology

 
P1.3
Utilizing GLOBE as an Inquiry-Based Teaching Strategy in the Shenandoah Valley
M.K. Handley, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA; and M. Fenzel, M. Blanchard, and C. J. Brodrick

 
P1.4
Using online chat and discussion forums to foster student understanding of weather and oceanography topics and concepts
Matthew J. Benus, Purdue Univ., Hammond, IN

 
P1.5
Using Historic Events in Teaching the AMS Online Meteorology Course
Lallie F. Scott, Northeastern State Univ., Tahlequah, OK

 
P1.6
Use of radiosonde launch video coupled with data analysis lab activity to increase understanding of upper air data in an undergraduate introductory meteorology course
Tim R. Walsh, Wayland Baptist Univ., Plainview, TX; and M. Bryan

 
P1.7
The sea & sky connection in a high school physical science class
Ann Kelly, AMS/AERA, St. Louis, MO

 
P1.8
The Role of Government in Meteorological and Oceanographic Education

 
P1.9
Teaching Online Weather at Gavilan College
Andrew H. Van Tuyl, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA

 
P1.10
Teaching Online Ocean Studies at Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California
Michael Hunter, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA

 
P1.11
Teaching meteorological instrumentation on the cruise liner Explorer of the Seas
Bruce Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. Vargus, I. Jo, C. Maxwell, L. Farmer, and E. Williams

 
P1.12
Teaching elementary students about climate variability through the Globe Program
William R. Huskin, Central Bucks School District, Doylestown, PA

 
P1.13
Teaching an online oceanography laboratory course using the American Meteorological Society online ocean studies curriculum
Jacquelyn Hams, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA

 
P1.14
Supporting research efforts through enhanced education and hands-on learning: Issues of data quality and quantity
Lauren Bodenhamer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Postawko, M. Morrissey, and M. Koeka

 
P1.15
Successfully incorporating a "weather model' into an introductory meteorology class: what does it take?
Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL

 
P1.16
SPaRCE (Schools of the Pacific Rainfall Climate Experiment): Fifteen years of integrating research and education
Melissa Koeka, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Postawko, L. Bodenhamer, and M. Morrissey

 
P1.17
SOAP: An undergraduate education and research program to measure and understand the climatology of storms in Southeast Texas
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and K. Brugman, L. Hopper, and C. Hernandez

 
P1.18
SERC resources for weather and climate educators
Bill Bruihler, Science Education Resource Center, Northfield, MN

 
P1.19
Results of the initial offering of Online Ocean Studies at Palo Alto College
Glen S. Tanck, Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX

 
P1.20
Progress in the Implementation Of Online Ocean Studies in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences at North Carolina Central University
Harris E. Williams, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC

 
P1.21
Professional Development for Undergraduate Minority Meteorology Students Through the NOAA Educational Partnership with Minority Serving Institutions
John L. Shoemake Sr., Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and M. D. Benjamin, S. L. Dixon, K. D. Hair, M. L. Jones, and Q. D. Jones

 
P1.22
Preliminary results of a new laboratory exercise to study microscale spatial temperature changes on a university campus
Steven B. Newman, Central Connecticut State Univ., New Britain, CT

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
P1.23
Overcoming inertia: Building acceptance of and interest in new meteorology and oceanography courses
David M. Lawrence, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA

 
P1.24
Online Ocean Course at Columbus State University

 
P1.25
OK-WARN: Oklahoma Weather Alert Remote Notification
Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (191.5 kB)
 
P1.26
Laboratory Exercises for Enhancing Alaska Pacific University's online oceanography courses
Richard L. Myers Jr., Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK

 
P1.27
Introducing Online Ocean Studies at a large urban community college
Alta S. Cate, Houston Community College, Central Campus, Houston, TX

 
P1.28
Integration of Globe Protocols Across the High School Science Curriculum
Michael Jaycox, Rockingham County Public Schools, Harrisonburg, VA; and R. Kohrs and D. Zook

 
P1.29
Integrating online weather studies into a university flight training program at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Gene A. Hetsel, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)
 
P1.30
Initiating Introduction of Online Weather Studies

 
P1.31
Implementing Online Introductory Oceanography Lab and Lecture courses in a Large Urban University
Neptune Srimal, Florida International Univ., Miami, FL

 
P1.32
Implementing AMS Online Weather Studies and Online Ocean Studies at Columbia Union College
Serhii Kalynovskyi, Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD

 
P1.33
Implementation Process of Online Ocean Studies Course for Non-Science Major Students
Valentina S. David, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL

 
P1.34
Implementation of the AMS Online Ocean Studies into the distance course in Ocean Observing
Alexander V. Soloviev, Nova Southeastern Univ., Dania Beach, FL; and M. A. Tinsley and J. Dougan

 
P1.35
Implementation of AMS Online Ocean Studies Course at CCSN, Las Vegas, Nevada
Barbara Graham, College Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV

 
P1.36
Hurricanes and the Collapse of the Georgetown Rice Culture
Everett Spell, Columbia College, Columbia, SC; and M. Griffin

 
P1.37
Getting my feet wet: implementing Online Ocean Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Stuart J. Birnbaum, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX

 
P1.38
First-time teaching of online oceanography at a small community college
Michael T. Leach, 1500 North 3rd Street, Grants, NM

Poster PDF (44.3 kB)
 
P1.39
Expanding Science Courses with Meteorology at Kapi`olani Community College

 
P1.40
Crafting an entertaining and informative weather display at the Lubbock Science Spectrum
Mark R. Conder, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and J. Weaver, S. Cobb, B. Lamarre, G. Skwira, C. Hill, E. Calianese, L. Vannozzi, and J. Hickman

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
P1.41
Convective Initiation in New Jersey (through student professional development)
Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ; and S. L. Koenigstein, J. Lewis, R. Matthews, M. C. Rod, and M. Szczepanski

 
P1.42
An earth science hands-on activity based on Hurricane Katrina
Pedro Ramirez, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and S. LaDochy and W. C. Patzert

Poster PDF (394.7 kB)
 
P1.43
AMS Online Weather Studies Course at Gallaudet University
Henry David Snyder, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC

 
P1.44
AMS Online Oceanography: implementation and delivery at the community college level
John M. Patterson, Paul D. Camp Community Collete, Suffolk, VA

 
P1.45
Activity Report on AMS Online Weather and Ocean Studies Courses at the University of Houston Downtown, Houston, Texas
Ayorinde O. Idowu, University of Houston Downtown, Houston, TX

 
P1.46
Study of Environmental Factors Contributing to Severity of Wildfires in Volusia County, Florida
Rachelle Aupperle, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL; and V. S. David

 
P1.47
Probabilistic forecasting and the future of meteorology: Training for changing roles

 
P1.48
Preparing college students for On-Line Weather Studies
Melanie Patton Renfrew, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA

 
P1.49
Practicality in Teaching Weather
Dahwei Chang, College of the Southwest, Hobbs, NM

 
P1.50
Poster-Connecting weather to the environment: A short course on watersheds for weather broadcasters
Joseph Lamos, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. Kelsch, D. Owens, D. Sliter, and S. Espinoza

 
P1.51
Education and Climate
Ricardo J. Morales De Jesús, Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan

Poster PDF (561.8 kB)
 
P1.52
Building Diversity in Meteorological Education in Texas Universities
Mary Jo Richardson, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. Orville

 
P1.53
Meeting the weather and ocean education challenges in New York State
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School/Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and J. R. Ebert and W. Powell

 
P1.54
Conveying Global Circulation Patterns in HDTV
Ned Gardiner, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; and J. J. Janowiak

Monday, 15 January 2007

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9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day)
Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


1
K-12 and Popular Education Initiatives
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Organizers: Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:
  10:45 AM
1.1
Young Scholars Program
Marianne J. Hayes, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools, Springfield, VA

  Recorded presentation
  11:00 AM
1.2
Providing informal geoscience education for Upward Bound students: Integrated Design for Geoscience Education (IDGE)
Tina J. Cartwright, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV; and T. Ensign

http://www.wvscience.org

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
  11:15 AM
1.3
Promoting Earth Systems Education using Geospatial Technologies
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
1.4A
Earth2Class: Communicating Scientific Discoveries to Classroom Educators
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School/Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and G. J. Iturrino, C. M. Assumpcao, and F. D. Baggio

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
1.5
The history and sustainability of the CIMSS student workshop on atmospheric, earth, and space science at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. S. Wade, W. L. Smith, T. H. Achtor, S. Ackerman, L. Avila, J. Brunner, and R. Pertzborn

  Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Joint Session 1
Educational Outreach and the Broadcast Media (Joint with 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and 16th Symposium on Education)
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on Education; and the 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Organizers: Wayne Hart, WEHT-TV; David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy

Papers:
  1:30 PM
J1.1
Recalling Our Early Influences: How the Past Can Help Us Reach Out to Viewers and Students
Vince Condella, WITI-TV, Fox 6, Milwaukee, WI

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
J1.2
Synergistic collaborations between the University of Wisconsin and WISC-TV 3
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Cannalte, S. Ackerman, J. E. Martin, and E. J. Hopkins

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
J1.3
Citizen Science: Obtaining Environmenta Literacy through Science, Education , and Media Collaborations
Robert P. Wanton, NOAA/NWS, Mt. Holly, NJ; and J. D. Moore, K. Orr, and W. Huskin

  Recorded presentation

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


2
K-12 AND POPULAR EDUCATION INITIATIVES (cont)
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD; Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator

Papers:
  4:00 PM
2.1
A summary report on EWOC 2006: An international conference to promote weather, ocean, and climate education
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. Q. Foster and J. M. Walker

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (47.8 kB)
  4:15 PM
2.2
Online Climate and Global Change Education through the National Center for Atmospheric Research
Roberta M. Johnson, NESTA, Boulder, CO; and E. Gardiner, R. Russell, D. L. Ward, S. Q. Foster, and S. Henderson

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
2.3
How Partnering National Research Laboratories, Informal Science Educators, and Shoppers Converge at the Twenty Ninth Street Wonders of Science Project
Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Carbone, R. M. Johnson, S. Van Gundy, L. Adams, K. Becker, E. CoBabe-Ammanns, L. Curtis, P. Dusenbery, R. Foy, C. Himes, C. Howell, C. Knight, L. Koch, R. Morehouse, T. O'Brian, J. Rooney, and P. Schassburger

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
2.4
Educational Applications of the Science on a Sphere at the National Maritime Center
John Anderson, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Sr., R. L. Beale, D. Q. Robinson, B. H. Maggi, S. Ackerman, T. H. Achtor, T. Whittaker, and M. Mooney

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
2.5A
Starting a local K-12 Student Chapter
Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
2.6
Using Oceanography Examples to Teach Chemical Principles-A Sea of Connections!
Bruce G. Smith, University of Wisconsin Colleges, Appleton, WI

  Recorded presentation

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

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8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


3
University Educational Initiatives
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois; Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ.

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Integrating web-based technological classroom tools into an undergraduate radar and satellite meteorology course
Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman and R. Bennartz

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
  8:45 AM
3.2
Implementation of the WRF Model for Teaching Scientific Methodology in an Undergraduate Tropical Meteorology Course
Jon M. Schrage, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (71.4 kB)
  9:00 AM
3.3
Experiences in integrating WRF model in undergraduate meteorology curriculum
Shing Yoh, Kean University, Union, NJ

http://hurri.kean.edu/nwpmodel

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (42.0 kB)
 
3.4
Teaching Excellence Award Winner Talk

  9:30 AM
3.4A
An interactive thermodynamic diagram for use in meteorology instruction
Gregory Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and A. Bol and A. Laing

http://meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/skewt/

Poster PDF (410.5 kB)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


4
University Educational Initiatives II
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois; Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ.

Papers:
  11:00 AM
4.1
Broadening Participation in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences though an Alliance for Undergraduate Research
Rebecca Haacker-Santos, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Pandya and A. Calhoun

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
4.2
International Research Experiences for Graduate and Undergraduate Students during NAMMA.
Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and A. Gaye

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
4.3
Students Partnering with Faculty in the Kean University Meteorology Research Program
Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ; and S. L. Koenigstein, J. Lewis, R. Matthews, M. C. Rod, and M. Szczepanski

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
4.4
Integrating Research and Education: Strategies for Teaching Science Students about Public Outreach
Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Dunwoody, R. Yaros, and G. Zenner

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


5
University Educational Initiatives III
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois; Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ.

Papers:
  1:30 PM
5.1
Using Podcasts to Distribute Real Time Multimedia Meteorological Products
Brendon Hoch, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and L. Avilés

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)
  1:45 PM
5.2
IDV Perspective: Climatology of the 2005 Hurricane Season
Shelley O. Holmberg, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and B. Etherton and J. Weber

Poster PDF (98.2 kB)
  2:00 PM
5.4
Meteorology and oceanography come together in college courses
Robert H. Stewart, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (76.7 kB)
  2:15 PM
5.5
Integration of Lecture, Laboratory and Hands-On Activities in an Introductory Severe Weather Course for Non-Majors
Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (147.1 kB)
  2:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Joint Session 3
Toward a Cyberinfrastructure for Education in Atmospheric and Related Sciences (Joint with 23rd Conference on IIPS and 16th Symposium on Education)
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on Education; and the 23rd Conference on IIPS )
Chairs: Rajul Pandya, UCAR; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:
  3:30 PM
J3.1
AIRNow Educational Tools: A Targeted Approach to Informing the Public About the Quality of the Air We Breathe
Scott A. Jackson, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and N. D. Conatser, J. E. White, T. Dye, R. A. Wayland, and P. Dickerson

  Recorded presentation
  3:45 PM
J3.2
Bridging the gap between Earth science and students: An integrated approach using NASA Earth science climate data
Erica J. Alston, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and L. H. Chambers, S. W. Moore, P. C. Oots, C. S. Phelps, and D. Diones

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (521.2 kB)
  4:00 PM
J3.3
Toward weather/health education in online CPR classes
Margaret Lynn Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
J3.4
Interactive GIS-based Environmental Activities for K-12 Educators
Linda Parrish, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and T. DeLiberty and D. R. Legates

  4:30 PM
J3.5
Offering Advanced Meteorology Education at a Distance: The COMET Planetary Boundary Layer Symposium
Bruce Muller, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and J. P. Lamos, B. C. Motta, and B. Greg

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
J3.6
Web-based responder system for the geosciences
Perry J. Samson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and B. Van der Pluijm and S. Teasley

  5:00 PM
J3.7
On-line meteorology textbooks for survey course on extreme weather
Perry J. Samson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. D. Ahrens

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
J3.8
Reusable Content Objects (RCOs) for Science Education
Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker, T. Jasmine, and L. Howles

  Recorded presentation
  5:30 PM
J3.9
Concluding Remarks

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