20th Symposium on Education

Program Chairs: Rajul E. Pandya , UCAR/SOARS ; David R. Smith , American Meteorological Society

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Saturday, 22 January 2011

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 22 January 2011


Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Sunday, 23 January 2011

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


Short Course Registration

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


WeatherFest

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center)

Monday, 24 January 2011

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Registration continues through January 27

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Plenary Session
Presidential Forum: Communicating Weather and Climate
Location: 6AB (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology; the IMPACTS: Weather 2010; and the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International )

Panel Discussion
Communicating Weather and Climate
Location: 6AB (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Presidential Forum: Communicating Weather and Climate; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology; and the IMPACTS: Weather 2010 )
Panelists: Thomas E. Skilling, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune; Claire Martin, CBC News: Weather Centre; Doyle Rice, USA Today; Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council
Moderator: Robert T. Ryan, NBC4 TV
9:00 AM
Panelist: Thomas E. Skilling
Thomas E. Skilling, WGN-TV, Chicago, IL

9:10 AM
Panelist: Claire Martin
Claire Martin, CBC News: Weather Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

9:20 AM
Panelist: Doyle Rice
Doyle Rice, USA Today, Washington, DC

9:30 AM
Panelist: Martin Storksdieck
Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council, Washington, DC

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Increasing Public Awareness of Weather Forecasts I
Location: 604 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Symposium on Education; and the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction )
Cochairs: David R. Smith, American Meteorological Society; Carolyn Reynolds, NRL

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 6
Increasing Public Awareness of Weather Forecasts II
Location: 604 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Symposium on Education; and the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction )

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session
Educational Outreach Initiatives
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Host: 20th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Marianne J. Hayes, AMS Education Resource Educator; Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator
165
AMS pre-college teacher professional development courses: A hands-on exploration of the dynamic Earth system
James A. Brey, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, E. W. Mills, B. A. Blair, E. J. Hopkins, K. L. O'Neill, H. R. Hyre, K. A. Nugnes, and M. N. Moses

Handout (8.3 MB)

166
Magnify your reach! Opportunities for effective education and outreach with NESTA and Windows to the Universe
Roberta M. Johnson, NESTA, Boulder, CO; and A. Herrold, M. Holzer, and M. J. Passow

167
Global Climate Change Education (GCCE): Sunspots and Thermal Islands
Michael R. Witiw, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide, Everett, WA; and R. J. Myers

168
Value to the community of a high school weather website
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Chelmsford, MA; and C. Donelan

169
Bringing global climate change education to Alabama classrooms: a 2011 update
Luke Marzen, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL; and M. K. Lee, M. Simon, K. Fielman, Y. Lin, R. Birkhead, C. Miller, P. Norgaard, M. Obley, J. Cox, L. Steltenpohl, E. Wheeles, and M. Wooten

170
Summer Weather Camps - Opening Doors To CAREERs in Meteorology
H. Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and V. R. Morris

171
High school student produced community weather forecasts for television and radio
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Chelmsford, MA; and N. Roos, C. Paige, and J. Avery

172
Infusing satellite data into earth science education with SAGE, ESIP and SNAPP
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, N. L. Jackson, and T. Whittaker

173
Weather forecasting as a learning tool in a large service course: Does practice make perfect?
Elizabeth J. Suess, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and C. Cervato, W. A. Gallus Jr., and J. M. Hobbs
Manuscript (498.5 kB)

175
Enhancing public understanding of climate change through museum programs
Michael J. Passow, Dwight Morrow High School and NESTA, Englewood, NJ; and M. Macdonald

Handout (5.7 MB)

176
Rethinking model-based inquiry in terms of weather and climate computer models
Morgan Brown Yarker, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and C. Forbes

178
The Need for longitudinal Tracking of Student Success and Career Choices - Lessons from the SOARS Program
Rebecca Haacker-Santos, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Pandya and M. Kennedy

179
Teaching GIS in the atmospheric sciences curriculum
J. Greg Dobson, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC

180
Teaching online weather at Gavilan College
Andrew H. Van Tuyl, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA

181
Simple Climate and Weather Education via CoCoRaHS's “Message of the Day"
Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, Z. Schwalbe, J. Turner, and N. Newman

183
Developing a curriculum for a summer school on climate change
Otis Brown, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and M. McGuirk, F. Miralles-Wilhelm, G. Voos, and J. Dissen

Handout (4.7 MB)

184
Coastal climate hazards and decision-making: introducing a methodology for local decision support
Kirsten M. Winters, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR; and J. Cone and P. Corcoran

185
Earth Gauge: Linking Weather, Environment and Climate
Sara Espinoza, The National Environmental Education Foundation, Washington, DC; and K. Kraus

Handout (1007.9 kB)

186
Tapping into the resources of a scientific field campaign to develop education and outreach materials
Vidal Salazar, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Rockwell and B. Baeuerle

187

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Communicating with Technology (Themed Joint Session)
Location: 604 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Symposium on Education; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth History Symposium; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Chair: Rajul Pandya, UCAR
4:00 PM
J1.1
Integrating air quality tools with the Wildland Fire Decision Support System
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and M. Rorig, T. Strand, T. J. Brown, S. Raffuse, P. Lahm, and T. Zimmerman

4:15 PM
J1.2
Using YouTube Videos to Communicate Science
Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and T. Nakamura and M. Dunlap
4:30 PM
J1.3
Commuicating Climate Science fo the General Public
Andrew Freedman, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ; and H. Cullen and M. McGuirk
4:45 PM
J1.4
Utility of 2D/3D visualization methods in analyzing and disseminating flood information
Jamie L. Dyer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and P. Amburn, D. Reed, and D. Welch
5:00 PM
J1.5A

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Reception and Exhibits Opening

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate Art Show

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 1
K-12 and Informal Educational Outreach Initiatives
Location: 604 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: 20th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Susan Foster, UCAR; Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator
8:30 AM
1.1
Hail to the weather! Summer weather camps at the Clinton Presidential Library
Kevin A. Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Kolodziej, P. Marsh, C. Taylor, and J. Willis
8:45 AM
1.2
A textbook free high school meteorology course
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Chelmsford, MA; and V. Tremblay
9:30 AM
1.5
Green Ninja: a new superhero for climate change
Eugene Cordero, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and B. Dallas, B. Sarrafan, C. David, and J. Gordon

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

9:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Bernhard Haurwitz Lecture
Recording files available
Joint Session 7
What Improved Communication Technologies Mean for Weather and Climate Education
Location: 604 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Symposium on Education; and the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) )
Cochairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, UNAVCO; Lola M. Olsen, NASA; Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division; Thomas M. Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
11:00 AM
J7.1
Geopod: An interactive module for navigating and probing geophysical data
Michael R. Root, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and K. P. Waegel, L. M. Crouse, G. M. Zoppetti, R. D. Clark, and S. Yalda

Paper J7.4 has been moved. The new paper number is J1.5A.

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 2
Special Session on Research on Atmospheric/Oceanographic Sciences Education and Outreach
Location: 604 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: 20th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, UNAVCO; Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division
1:30 PM
2.1
Student experiences in a research-based laboratory
Kathleen Quardokus, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI; and S. Lasher-Trapp and E. M. Riggs
1:45 PM
2.2
Evaluation of Student Success in Large Enrollment Blended Learning
Sara T. Strey, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, IL; and D. J. Charlevoix
2:15 PM
2.4
How meteorologists learn to forecast the weather
Daphne LaDue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2:30 PM
2.5
How the NWC REU and other extra-curricular experiences impact undergraduates' early career paths
Madison Lindsay Burnett, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: 601 (Washington State Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 3
University Educational Initiatives
Location: 604 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: 20th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State Univ.; Laura Furgione, NOAA
3:30 PM
3.1
Eloquent Science: A course to improve scientific and communication skills
David M. Schultz, Universities of Helsinki and Manchester/Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
3:45 PM
3.2
A Newton story: overcoming barriers to communicating science to the public
Kimberly Del Bright, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. M. Nese and J. L. Evans
4:00 PM
3.3
4:15 PM
3.4
NASA Space Grant successes with meteorology students at Plymouth State University
James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and W. P. Roeder
4:30 PM
3.5
Bridging the gap: Hands-on learning through radiosonde launches
Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and K. H. Goebbert, R. Evaristo, A. Stepanek, C. A. Clark, and B. J. Wolf
4:45 PM
3.6
AMS introductory college-level courses: A hands-on exploration of the dynamic Earth system
James A. Brey, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, E. W. Mills, B. A. Blair, E. J. Hopkins, K. L. O'Neill, H. R. Hyre, K. A. Nugnes, and M. N. Moses
5:00 PM
3.7

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Meet the President

10:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


91st AMS Awards Banquet
Location: 6ABCD (Washington State Convention Center)

Thursday, 27 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Michio Yanai Symposium

Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session
Presidential Town Hall Meeting
Location: 6A (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Town Hall Meetings; the Events; the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; and the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology )
12:15 PM
Ensuring Integrity in the Doing and Using of Science
Ralph Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Michio Yanai Symposium Luncheon
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Meet the President

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


AMS 91st Annual Meeting Adjourns