17th Symposium on Education
    

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
 P1.1New NOAA-NWS Education Products  
Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
 P1.2Clustering key concepts when teaching Oceanography online  
Horacio Ferriz, California State Univ., Turlock, CA
 P1.3Visualizing the environment: processing data and imagery to produce effective communication and education tools  extended abstract
Daniel P. Pisut, I.M. Systems Group, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Powell, T. Loomis, and M. Pulliam
 P1.4Weather Break: meteorological outreach, university recruiting, and improvement of student communication skills via a radio program  
Jon M. Schrage, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE
P1.5An Online Oceanography Studies Experience in Conjunction with TESSE and GAMEP Programs at Dillard University During Spring 2008  
Abdalla Darwish, Dillard Univ., New Orleans, LA
 P1.6Reworking an earth systems science course at Gallaudet University  
Henry David Snyder, Gallaudet Univ., Washington, DC
 P1.7Fostering 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
 P1.8Oceanography on the High Plains of Texas (Wayland Baptist University)  
Tim R. Walsh, Wayland Baptist Univ., Plainview, TX; and M. Bryan
 P1.9Using Online Ocean Studies to Chart a New Course in Science Teacher Education  
Julie Lambert, Florida Atlantic Univ., Key Biscayne, FL; and J. Hargis
 P1.10Online weather at Gavilan in 2007  
Andrew H. Van Tuyl, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA
P1.11Online Ocean Studies brings the sea to the Mid-Continent USA  
Virginia M. Ragan, Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City, MO
 P1.12Status of the Online Oceanography Course at California State University, Los Angeles  extended abstract
Pedro Ramirez, California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA; and S. LaDochy
 P1.13Teaching the course of Online Ocean Studies at Houston Community College System, Southeast College  
Cheng Ting, Southeast College, Houston, TX
 P1.14Integrating OWS materials into an existing introductory meteorology class  
Meredith L. Leonard, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, CA
 P1.17Introduction of Online Ocean Studies to New Mexico Junior College  
Roene Neu, New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, NM
P1.15Initial 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
P1.16Online Weather Studies for the Millennial Generation  
Erik N. Christensen, South Florida Community College, Avon Park, FL
 P1.18An oceanography course to enhance earth sciences offerings at an HBCU  
David Padgett, Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN
 P1.19The use of near real-time data for research and teaching at an HSI: leveling the playing field  extended abstract
LeeAnne Martínez, Colorado State Univ., Pueblo, CO
 P1.20Oceans affecting Environment at Rosebud Indian Reservation  
Subodh Singh, Sinte Gleska Univ., Mission, SD; and N. Singh and V. K. Singh
 P1.21Demand on online weather and atmosphere courses offered by CSUN  extended abstract
Gong-Yuh Lin, California State Univ., Northridge, CA
 P1.22Implementing Online Weather into the quarter system using archive files  extended abstract
Steve LaDochy, California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA
 P1.23Incorporating the AMS Online Weather Studies resources in the design of a new meteorology course  
Stephen L. Arnold, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
 P1.24The sea and sky connection in a high school physical science class  
Ann Kelly, AMS/AERA, St. Louis, MO
 P1.25Creating user-friendly tools for data analysis and visualization in K-12 classrooms: A Fortran dinosaur meets Generation Y  extended abstract
Lin H. Chambers, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and S. Chaudhury, M. T. Page, A. J. Lankey, J. Doughty, S. Kern, and T. M. Rogerson
 P1.26NWS & AMS—Education Outreach at its Best  
Robert P. Wanton, NOAA/NWS, Mt. Holly, NJ; and J. D. Moore and J. Poirier
 P1.27DLESE-Facilitating High Quality Earth Science Education  extended abstract
Steve Michael Carlson, AMS/NOAA Project Atmosphere AREA, White Salmon, WA
 P1.28Enhancing Elementary School Students' Understanding of Hurricanes  
William R. Huskin, Central Bucks School District, Doylestown, PA
 P1.29Kids' Weather Hour at WFO Amarillo—using NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio as an educational tool  extended abstract
Matthew R. Kramar, NOAA/NWSFO, Amarillo, TX; and J. J. Brost
 P1.30Meteorology 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
 P1.31Teaching an online oceanography laboratory course using the American Meteorological Society Online Ocean Studies Curriculum  
Jacquelyn Hams, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA
 P1.33Updated Tornado Safety Preparedness for Schools  
Timothy W. Troutman, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and H. M. Allen, J. M. Coyne, and D. Nadler
 P1.34Science 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
P1.32Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science-STEM Education for the General Public  
Emilie Lorditch, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD
 P1.35Two courses missing from US university meteorology programs  extended abstract
Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Murillo and J. F. Mejia
 P1.36International Summer Experiences for Students in Senegal – Year 2  
Gregory Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC
 P1.37European Meteorological Society and education in atmospheric sciences  
Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Belda
 P1.38Radar-Based Laboratory Exercises Taught at Lyndon State College  
Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT
P1.39Constant Proportions in the Ocean: A Constructivist approach to teaching seawater compostion  
Andrew C. Muller, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
 P1.40Kean University's Weather Hazard Education & Research for Ecosystems of Urban Relevance in NJ (Kean University's WHERE – UR – in New Jersey!)  extended abstract
Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ
 P1.41Integrating 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
 P1.42Teaching 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
 P1.43Summer Season Convective Initiation – Students as Independent Researchers  extended abstract
Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ
 P1.44Implementing Weather Studies in Multiple Formats for Non-Science and Science Majors  extended abstract
Bruce E. Allison, Wesley College, Dover, DE
 P1.45Ocean studies: from the virtual world to the real  extended abstract
Barbara Hillery, SUNY, Old Westbury, NY
 P1.46Online Lab Science Course: Meeting the needs of a non-traditional student  
James E. Edson Jr., Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR
 P1.47Developing online teaching tools using Python, Zope, and Plone  
Jeffrey G. Pittman, Lamar Univ., Beaumont, TX
 P1.48An assessment of a weather forecasting contest in multi-leveled meteorology classes  extended abstract
Joby Hilliker, West Chester Univ., West Chester, PA
 P1.49YouTube as a tool for meteorological education  
Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman
 P1.50Lessons learned from Katrina - diabetes preparations before the next storm  
Peggy B. Bourgeois, Southeast Association of Diabetes Educators (S'eLADE), Baton Rouge, LA
 P1.51Service learning through Earth Gauge  
Redina L. Herman, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL
 P1.52A 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
 P1.53Hurricane Weather Support and Education at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University  extended abstract
Randell J. Barry, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL
 P1.54International focus group– virtually there with VISITview  extended abstract
Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and V. Castro, M. Davison, A. Mostek, and T. M. Whittaker
 P1.55An Online Textbook: A Rich Resource for Tropical Meteorology Education  extended abstract
Arlene Laing, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Evans and W. Abshire
 P1.57Cyclones, cones, and confusion: Perspectives from forecasters  
Gina M. Eosco, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
 P1.58The 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
 P1.59The 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
 P1.60Online Ocean Studies  
Carlos J. Ayarza Real, Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

Sunday, 20 January 2008: 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Exhibit Hall B

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