89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

: 18th Symposium on Education

18th Symposium on Education

Program Chairs: Rajul Pandya , UCAR ; David R. Smith , United States Naval Academy

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Saturday, 10 January 2009

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2009


Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only

Sunday, 11 January 2009

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2009


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009


Annual Meeting Registration Begins

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009


Weatherfest
Location: Northballroom A (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009


First-Time Attendee Briefing
Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009


Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009


Fellows Reception
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Monday, 12 January 2009

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009


Registration Open

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009


Presidential Forum
Location: Ballroom ABC (Phoenix Convention Center)

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
Location: Phoenix Convention Center

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009


1
Special Session on Educational Activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Location: Room 125B (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: 18th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy; Priti P. Brahma, NOAA

Papers:
  11:15 AM
1.2
NOAA's funding opportunities for educational projects and programs
Sarah Schoedinger, NOAA, Washington, DC ; and C. McDougall

  11:30 AM
1.3
NOAA's Office of Education Student Scholarship Opportunities
Priti P. Brahma, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Haskins

  11:45 AM
1.4
NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program: A Hands On Teacher Research Experience
Jennifer Hammond, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and D. M. Stanitski

  12:00 PM
1.5
The NOAA Ocean Data Education (NODE) Project
Michiko J. Martin, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Ibanez, K. S. Casey, C. Joyce, and T. Viola

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009


Tim Oke Symp Luncheon
Location: Room 132A (Phoenix Convention Center)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009


2
K-12 and Informal Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Sciences
Location: Room 125B (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: 18th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Susan Q. Foster, UCAR; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
  1:45 PM
2.2
Using NOAA data in the classroom
Daniel P. Pisut, I.M. Systems Group, Silver Spring, MD

  2:15 PM
2.4
EWOC 2009—the Eighth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and T. Halenka and J. M. Walker

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009


Poster Session 1
Educational Initiatives Poster Session
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: 18th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Marianne J. Hayes, AMS Education Resource Educator; Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator

Papers:
 
Assessment of the Needs for Training Teachers in the American Red Cross Masters of Disaster Curriculum
Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA ; and D. L. Walters

 
“Implementing Online Ocean Studies in a traditional, lecture-only classroom using a “Lecture Tutorial” format
David J. Ludwikoski, The Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

 
DATASTREME COURSES - AN AMS/NOAA PARTNERSHIP FOR PRE-COLLEGE TEACHER TRAINING
James A. Brey, Univ. of Wisconsin Fox Valley, Menasha, WI; and R. S. Weinbeck, J. M. Moran, I. W. Geer, E. J. Hopkins, E. W. Mills, D. R. Smith, and B. A. Blair

 
A field oriented introduction to Online Ocean Studies
Patricia Ann Crews, Florida Community College of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL; and R. Sessions

 
The importance of online ocean studies for circumarctic communities
John J. Kelley, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and D. W. Norton, C. Madison, C. Gering, C. Lott, and H. Olson

 
G 210 Oceanography course at Indiana University Northwest
Zoran Kilibarda, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN

 
Using Conceptests in online oceanography classes
Mary Beck, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL

 
Oceanography Online Course
Farnosh Saeedi, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY

 
P1.10
Implementation of Online Ocean Studies at Amarillo College

 
P1.11
Ocean studies on an inland sea

 
AMS Ocean Studies in the community college environment
Lynn D. Millwood, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX

 
Teaching oceanography in a desert
Rick Wiedenmann, New Mexico State University – Carlsbad, Carlsbad, NM

 
Online weather studies at Gavilan: year three
Andrew H. Van Tuyl, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA

 
The Louisiana Lower Atmosphere Research Collaborative (LaLARC)
Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe, LA ; and A. T. Case Hanks, S. Chenoweth, and A. D. Feig

 
Online Oceanography alternative science course for St. Philip's College, San Antonio, TX
Carmen Nava-Fischer, St. Philip's College, San Antonio, TX

 
Developing climate change modules for middle and high schools on the Pacific Ocean-southern California climate connection
Pedro Ramirez, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and S. LaDochy and W. C. Patzert

 
The Estimation of Wind Shear Hazard Index Using the Airborne Doppler Radar as a Laboratory Module for CCLI Project
Yasuko Umemoto, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Atmospheric Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Zhang, K. Brewster, T. Y. Yu, and M. Yeary

 
Educational access to the United States Precision Lightning Network (USPLN) data
Christopher G. Herbster, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and K. Rauenzahn

http://wx.db.erau.edu/faculty/herbster/uspln/

 
Applying LEAD in NCAS Weather Camp
Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and D. K. Bond, S. St. Gerard, E. Joseph, D. V. R. Morris, S. Yalda, T. Baltzer, and S. Marru

 
Online Weather and Ocean Studies on the Rolling Plains of West Texas
Troy Lilly, Western Texas College, Snyder, TX

 
P1.23
AMS Ocean Studies at Honolulu Community College

 
Challenges Integrating AMS Ocean Studies into an existing program
David Grant, Brookdale Community College, Sandy Hook, NJ

http://ux.brookdalecc.edu/staff/sandyhook/index2-2.html

 
Implementing AMS Ocean Studies at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Janice Cooley, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, MS

 
AMS Weather Studies And AMS Ocean Studies: Dynamic Undergraduate Geoscience Courses for Distance Education Programs
James A. Brey, University of Wisconsin Fox Valley, Menasha, WI; and I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, E. W. Mills, B. A. Blair, E. J. Hopkins, and T. P. Kiley Jr.

 
Engaging undergraduates in Ocean-Atmosphere experiments: From teaching to research and outreach
Amit Tandon, Univ. of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA; and L. Illari and J. Marshall

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
 
P1.30
Personal Forecasting: A Compacted Course in Meteorology for Non-Traditional Non-Science Students

 
Teaching science teachers about Masters of Disaster
Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA ; and S. Oliver, J. Knox, P. Schneider, and D. Walters

 
P1.32
Lightning and Lightning Safety—NOAA's Efforts to Promote a Better Understanding of this Underrated Killer

 
Education outreach from a NWS field office: "no one left behind"
Robert P. Wanton, NOAA/NWS, Mt. Holly, NJ

 
Promoting Authentic Student Research Using MYNASA DATA
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ; and L. H. Chambers and S. W. Moore

 
Deep Earth Academy: connecting the classroom with the ocean floor
Michael J. Passow, Dwight Morrow HS and NESTA, Englewood, NJ; and L. Peart and S. Katz Cooper

 
Flood risk factors taught using "hands-on" table top watershed/floodplain model
David W. Chapman, Okemos High School, Okemos, MI; and M. L. Walton

 
No, we didn't always have computers:history in the atmospheric science classroom
Kristine C. Harper, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and S. Yalda

 
NOAA NWS Training Program in Climate Services
Marina M. Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

 
Not so lost in translation: bringing science to decision-makers through the Carolinas Coastal Climate Outreach Initiative
Jessica C. Whitehead, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium/North Carolina Sea Grant, Charleston, SC; and R. H. Bacon, J. F. Thigpen, G. Carbone, and K. Dow

 
Climate Discovery Online Courses for Educators from the National Center for Atmospheric Research
Sandra Henderson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Johnson, D. L. Ward, K. Meymaris, E. Gardiner, B. Hatheway, and R. Russell


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009


3
K-12 and Informal Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Sciences: Part 2
Location: Room 125B (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: 18th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Susan Q. Foster, UCAR; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:
  4:00 PM
3.1
Project BudBurst: Citizen Science for All Seasons
Sandra Henderson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Meymaris, P. Alaback, K. Havens, J. Weltzin, and L. Benton

  4:15 PM
3.2
Enhancing climate literacy
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and T. E. James and N. Giuliano

  4:45 PM
3.4
Air quality course for science teachers at the University of Northern Iowa
Alan C. Czarnetzki, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

http://www.uni.edu/storm/saqse/

  5:00 PM
3.5
Promoting Climate Literacy through K–12 Professional Development Opportunities
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, L. Schiferl, J. Martin, and T. Whittaker

  5:15 PM
3.6
Educating the Public on the North American Monsoon System
Glen W. Sampson, NOAA/NWS, Tucson, AZ; and E. S. Pytlak

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/monsoon/monsoon_tracker.php

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009


Sessions Adjourn for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009


Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


4
University and Professional Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Sciences: Beyond the Conventional Classroom
Location: Room 125B (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: 18th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Diane M. Stanitski, Geocation, LLC; Donna J. Charlevoix, UCAR

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
Earth system science education through the Earth System Science Education Alliance
Michael R. Witiw, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide, Everett, WA; and E. Close and R. J. Myers

  8:45 AM
4.2
Developing Inquiry-Based Learning Modules for Integration into Introductory Atmospheric Science Courses for Non-Majors
James Tobin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. M. Mosier, C. C. Reed, C. Schumacher, and U. Karadkar

  9:15 AM
4.4
An Overview of the WxChallenge Forecasting Competition and Its Use as an Educational Tool
Bradley G. Illston, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, M. Voss, and C. C. Weiss

  9:30 AM
4.5
European Meteorological Society and Education in Atmospheric Sciences
Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Belda

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


5
University and Professional Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Sciences: Strategies for Improving Diversity and Outreach
Location: Room 125B (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: 18th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, UCAR; Diane M. Stanitski, Geocation, LLC

Papers:
  11:30 AM
5.3
ERAU McNair Scholars Program, students' learning, and their future career in meteorology
Dorothea Ivanova, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ; and K. E. Parsons

  11:45 AM
5.4
COMET® Education and Traiing: Embarking on New Horizons
Gregory Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Abshire and T. Spangler

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Joint Session 10
Satellite Education and Public Outreach
Location: Room 224AB (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 18th Symposium on Education; and the Fifth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems- NPOESS and GOES-R )
Cochairs: Thomas F. Lee, NRL; Volker Karl Gaertner, EUMETSAT

Papers:
  1:30 PM
GOES-R Proving Ground Program
James Gurka, NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Mostek, T. J. Schmit, S. D. Miller, A. S. Bachmeier, and M. DeMaria

  1:45 PM
Contributions from CIRA to the GOES-R Satellite Proving Ground
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, D. Molenar, D. W. Hillger, E. J. Szoke, R. Brummer, A. P. Kuciauskas, F. J. Turk, and H. Gosden

  2:15 PM
After more than 10-years of e-Learning, what have we learned?
Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  2:30 PM
Satellite Proving Ground for the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and E. C. Bruning, J. J. Gurka, R. Blakeslee, and D. Buechler

  2:45 PM
International Training Events and Educational Seminars on Satellite Remote Sensing
Paul Menzel, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Antonelli, T. D. Rink, K. I. Strabala, L. E. Gumley, A. Huang, S. Ackerman, H. Revercomb, and B. Smith

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Joint Session 1
Joint Session Between 18Education and 25IIPS
Location: Room 125B (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 18th Symposium on Education; and the 25th Conference on International Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )
Cochairs: Thomas Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Lola Olsen, NASA

Papers:
  3:30 PM
CoCoRaHS (The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network): Biggest Little Data Gathering Network for Education, Climate Monitoring and Research
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and H. Reges, R. Cifelli, J. Turner, Z. Schwalbe, and O. Bliss

  3:45 PM
User Preferences for Weather Data Dissemination Standards on the Web
John L. Schattel Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Bunge and P. R. Hershberg

  4:00 PM
  4:15 PM
An interactive, integrated, instructional pathway to the LEAD science gateway
Sepideh Yalda, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and R. Clark, L. K. Davis, and E. N. Wiziecki

  4:30 PM
Weather radar education at the University of Oklahoma: An integrated interdisciplinary approach
Robert D. Palmer, Univeristy of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff, P. B. Chilson, G. E. Crain, K. K. Droegemeier, Y. Hong, M. Yeary, T. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, and Y. Zhang

  4:45 PM
The use of geovisualization in presenting weather and climate data to local decision makers
Mark Phillips, UNC-Asheville, Asheville, NC; and J. G. Dobson, T. Pierce, and J. Fox

http://www.nemac.unca.edu/presentations/phillips-ams-200901

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Joint Session 11
Satellite Forecaster Training
Location: Room 224AB (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Fifth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems- NPOESS and GOES-R; the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 18th Symposium on Education )
Cochairs: Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS; Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:
  3:30 PM
NOAA Satellite Training
Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and M. DeMaria, J. J. Gurka, and T. J. Schmit

  4:00 PM
A new environmental satellite resource center on the web
Wendy Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and B. Guarente, P. Parrish, and P. Dills

  4:30 PM
Collaborative training efforts at the NESDIS Cooperative Institutes
Ingrid Guch, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Q. Kidder, P. Menzel, R. Ferraro, S. Ackerman, D. R. Khanbilvardi, T. Strub, B. Vant Hull, R. D. Hudson, and M. DeMaria

  4:45 PM
Navigating the hurricane highway: Understanding hurricanes with Google Earth
F. J. Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Kluge, A. Evan, K. Hutson, L. Kropuenske, T. Ledley, and M. Mooney

  5:00 PM
Applications of the NPOESS Imagers
T. F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, F. J. Turk, P. Gaiser, M. Bettenhausen, and S. D. Miller

  5:15 PM
The NPOESS Data Exploitation Project
James G. Yoe, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and J. Silva, G. Goodrum, and T. Schott

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Sessions Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009


Exhibits Open

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009


AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Northballroom (Phoenix Convention Center)

Thursday, 15 January 2009

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009


Hollingsworth Symp Luncheon
Location: Room 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:15 PM-5:20 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009


AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns