| Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
| 7:30 AM-9:30 AM, Sunday 2008
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday 2008
Conference Registration |
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| 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
7th Annual WeatherFest |
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| 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 1 Educational Initiatives Poster Session |
Cochairs: Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO; Marianne J. Hayes, AMS Education Resource Educator, Columbus, OH
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| | 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 |
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| Monday, 21 January 2008 |
| 7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday 2008
Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January |
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| 8:30 AM-10:45 AM, Monday 2008, 209
Joint Session 1 Increasing public awareness on tropical cyclone forecasting (Part 1) (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Education and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium) |
Cochairs: David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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| 8:30 AM | | Welcoming Remarks
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and R. Hart |
| 8:45 AM | J1.2 | Preparing the public for the onset of the next hurricane 
Ahsha Tribble, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL |
| 9:15 AM | J1.3 | Introducing America's Emergency Network
Bryan Norcross, WFOR/CBS-TV, Miami, FL |
| 9:30 AM | J1.4 | Building hurricane awareness in Florida
Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and B. Nelson |
| 9:45 AM | J1.5 | Hurricane research to operations: Bridging the "valley of death"
Christopher Landsea, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL |
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| 10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday 2008
Coffee Break (Mon a.m.) |
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| 10:45 AM-11:45 AM, Monday 2008, 209
Joint Session 2 Increasing public awareness on tropical cyclone forecasting (Part 2) (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Education and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium) |
Cochairs: Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
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| 11:45 AM-1:30 PM, Monday 2008
Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch) |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday 2008, 209
Session 1 Informal Educational Outreach |
Cochairs: Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
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| 1:30 PM | 1.1 | Why does NOAA Invest in Education?
Louisa Koch, NOAA, Washington, DC |
| 2:00 PM | 1.2 | Solar max and the radio wave : MIT Haystack Observatory's multifaceted approach to Space Weather outreach
Madeleine Needles, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA; and P. J. Erickson and P. Pratap |
| 2:15 PM | 1.3 | CoCoRaHS (The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network) the Accidental Network: Evolving Collaborations
Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. C. Cifelli, and J. Turner |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.) |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday 2008, 209
Session 2 K-12 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH |
Cochairs: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 4:00 PM | 2.1 | NSTA National Meetings:Wild About Weather Short Courses
Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO; and J. Kramper and K. Ehrhardt |
| 4:15 PM | 2.2 | Discovery of coastal environments
Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI |
| 4:30 PM | 2.3 | Understanding clouds, weather, climate, and modeling: education and outreach from the Center for Multi-scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes
Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Denning, D. A. Randall, R. M. Johnson, J. Bergman, H. Drossman, L. Gardiner, B. Hatheway, R. Russell, B. Jones, J. Lanting, R. Pandya, L. Pitot, and D. Swartz |
| 4:45 PM | 2.4 | Atmospheric Science and Climate Literacy Workshop Progress Report
Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. T. Snow, S. Q. Foster, S. M. Buhr, M. McCaffery, F. Niepold, P. Pennington, and C. Manduca |
| 5:00 PM | 2.5 | EarthWatch Institute's Climate Change at Arctic's Edge: Live from the Field
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ |
| 5:15 PM | 2.6 | Earth system science education for teachers in western Washington
Michael R. Witiw, Seattle Pacific Univ., Seattle, WA; and E. Close |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday 2008, 209
Session 3 Technology and Teaching Tools in the University Classroom |
Cochairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; Diane M. Stanitski, Geocation, LLC, Boulder, CO
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| 8:30 AM | 3.1 | Integrating LEAD Research in Education
Sepideh Yalda, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and E. N. Wiziecki, R. D. Clark, E. C. Meyers, H. Gadde, T. Daley, R. Junod, S. States, S. Cecelski, and J. Kurdzo |
| 8:45 AM | 3.2 | Reflections on a large-lecture, introductory meteorology course: Goals, assessment and opportunities for improvement
Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
| 9:00 AM | 3.3 | Technology & Research Integration – An Atmosphere of Learning for Students (TRIALS)
Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ |
| 9:15 AM | 3.4 | Experiences in undergraduate teaching with ‘Weather in a tank'
Lodovica Illari, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Marshall, A. Tandon, R. D. Clark, S. Lee, T. W. N. Haine, G. McKinley, M. C. Morgan, and K. Mackin |
| 9:30 AM | 3.5 | Use of a business process model as a teaching tool in an undergraduate weather forecasting course
John M. Lanicci, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.) |
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| 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (Tuesday) |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, 209
Session 4 Extending our Reach in Atmospheric Science |
Cochairs: Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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| 11:00 AM | 4.1 | The National Weather Service Tallahassee Student Mentorship Program
Kelly G. Godsey, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and J. S. Rubio and A. I. Watson |
| 11:15 AM | 4.2 | A long-term plan for eliminating the lack of diversity in the atmospheric sciences
Quinton L. Williams, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS |
| 11:30 AM | 4.3 | 5. A multidisciplinary research course on hurricane Katrina for Freshman students at Howard University
Gregory Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. Middendorf and J. Reidy |
| 11:45 AM | 4.4 | NC-FIRST: weather information and training for North Carolina emergency managers
Jessica L. Proud, Renaissance Computing Institute, Chapel Hill, NC |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, La Louisiane
Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon) |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, 209
Joint Session 3 Using technology to enhance learning: innovations and evidence (Part 1) (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Education and the 24th Conference on IIPS) |
Cochairs: Rajul Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO; Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
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| 1:30 PM | J3.1 | Connecting students to science through the interactive use of NASA Earth science climate data
Erica J. Alston, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and L. H. Chambers, P. C. Oots, S. W. Moore, C. S. Phelps, and D. Diones |
| | J3.2 | The sky's the limit – developing and implementing a technology-based, interdisciplinary course in atmospheric science for high school students
Eric A. Walters, Marymount School of New York, New York, NY |
| 1:45 PM | J3.3 | On-line education activities and opportunities
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, T. Whittaker, and L. Avila |
| 2:00 PM | J3.4 | Applications of automated weather stations in an extension service setting
Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL |
| 2:15 PM | J3.5 | Educational mismatches between traditional dynamic meteorology lessons and applied forecaster training with high-resolution gridded diagnostics
Paul Nutter, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO |
| 2:30 PM | J3.6 | The National Severe Weather Workshop Scenario: Interactive adult learning for integrated warning team members
Dale A. Morris, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Arndt, J. Burchett, S. J. Corfidi, J. T. Ferree, D. Freeman, G. Kitch, D. S. LaDue, D. McCarthy, J. McLaughlin, E. M. Quoetone, P. T. Schlatter, R. Smith, and J. L. Winslow |
| 2:45 PM | J3.7A | New Tools, Old Dogs
Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.) |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, 209
Joint Session 4 Using technology to enhance learning: innovations and evidence (Part 2) (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Education and the 24th Conference on IIPS) |
Cochairs: Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; Rajul Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 3:30 PM | J4.1 | Are we graduating too many atmospheric scientists? An update
John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| 3:45 PM | J4.2 | Undergraduate experience with technology in an education and research program to measure and understand the climatology of storms in Southeast Texas
Larry J. Hopper Jr., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher, K. Brugman, C. Hernandez, U. Karadkar, M. Nordt, and R. Furuta |
| 4:00 PM | J4.3 | Preparing a blended learning course in atmospheric sciences: curriculum, assessment and the online experience
Eric R. Snodgrass, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. J. Charlevoix and J. V. Clark |
| 4:15 PM | J4.4 | Classroom Response Systems in Statistics Courses
Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. J. Murphy, C. C. McKnight, and R. Terry |
| 4:30 PM | J4.5 | Satellite observations in science education
Tommy Jasmin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker and S. Ackerman |
| 4:45 PM | J4.6 | Building a framework to facilitate interactive and dynamic educational case study modules
Jeff Weber, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and B. Etherton and S. O. Holmberg |
| 5:00 PM | J4.7 | Utilizing UNIDATA's Integrated Data Viewer as an undergraduate meteorology classroom tool
Mark S. Kulie, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman and R. Bennartz |
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| Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
| 5:15 PM, Wednesday 2008
17th Symposium on Education Adjourns |
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| 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday 2008
AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel |
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