| 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
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|  | 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
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|  | 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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