Poster Session Poster Session - K-12 and Informal Education

Monday, 7 January 2013: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)
Host: 22nd Symposium on Education
Organizer:
Rajul Pandya, UCAR, Spark, Boulder, CO

Papers:
147
The NCAR/UCAR pre-college internship program: Challenges and lessons learned
Scott Landolt, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO; and R. Haacker-Santos

148
The Young Meteorologist Program supporting a Weather Ready Nation
Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. A. Murphy and B. Thomas

149
Scenario-Based Investigations make Weather Meaningful to All Students
Russell G. Wright, George Washington Univ., Washington, DC

150
Embedding Environmental Scientists in Informal Science Education Institutions: Strategies and Rewards
Mary Miller, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA; and D. L. Carlis, M. Mileham, and A. Richardson

151
Owlie Skywarn: From Conception to the New Millennium
Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO

152
A Rapidly Expanding Summer Weather Camp Program (and more) That Opens Doors to CAREERs in Meteorology
H. Michael Mogil, CCM, CBM Mogil, How The Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and B. G. Levine and D. V. Morris

153
The GLOBE Program's Student Climate Research Campaign: Empowering students to measure, investigate, and understand climate
Julie S. Malmberg, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Andersen, J. Mackaro, G. Randolph, S. A. Tessendorf, and K. Wegner

154
Engaging Students in Scientific Practices through GLOBE Atmosphere Investigations
Jessica Taylor, NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. A. Crecelius and L. H. Chambers

Handout (492.2 kB)

155
Assessing K-5 Students' Conceptual Understandings of Winter Weather Hazards and Safety in Athens, GA
Aneela L. Qureshi, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

156
Keeping the professionalism in professional development of teachers
Alejandro Gallard, Georgia Southern Univ., Statesboro, GA; and A. Kaepplinger and P. Ruscher

157
Bringing Remote Sensing Education to Next Generation Platforms
Devin Clark, Millersville Univ., Hamburg, PA; and K. F. Dubey, S. Lim, and B. Villanueva

Handout (1.2 MB)

158
A Hazards Approach to Increase Awareness and Perceived Relevance of the Geosciences: Preliminary Results from a Project Designed to Enhance Diversity
Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and K. S. McNeal, J. Carroll, M. E. Brown, R. Clary, and J. Diaz-Ramirez

Handout (4.9 MB)

159
Developing an Effective Summer Weather Camp at the University of Nebraska
Joseph P. Robine, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. Dewey

160
Celebrating 20 Years of the CIMSS Student Workshop
Patrick Rowley, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Mooney, S. Ackerman, T. Achtor, J. Gerth, B. F. Gjermo, and G. S. Wade

Handout (5.2 MB)

161
An Inexpensive Webcam System for Capturing Live Skyscapes and Time-lapse Cloudscapes
Walker S. Ashley, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and P. Young and F. Schwantes
Manuscript (187.9 kB)

Handout (147.6 kB)

162
Earth Gauge: Linking Weather, Environment and Climate
Sara Espinoza, The National Environmental Education Foundation, Washington, DC; and K. Kraus

163
School Based CO2 Monitoring System
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and C. Sloop and P. Bailey-Wells

164
Foot's Forecast: Opportunities For Your Students
Richard Foot, Foot's Forecast, Baltimore, MD; and H. M. M. C. C. Mogil

165
Identifying and Improving the Impact of Spatial Thinking in Pre-College Earth Science Courses
Michael J. Passow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and K. A. Kastens and L. Pistolesi

166
Computer-Based Games, Simulations and Virtual Labs for Climate, Weather and Atmospheric Science Education
Randy Russell, UCAR/NCAR, Boulder, CO

Handout (9.1 MB)

167
Integration of Remote Sensing Tool to study Oceanic, Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences: A Holistic Education and Outreach Model
Shakila B . Merchant, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and R. Khanbilvardi

Handout (647.8 kB)

168
Summer Weather Camps – An Educational Outreach Initiative at the University of Nebraska
Kenenth Dewey, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. P. Robine

169
A Climate Consortium for High School Students
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and S. Lane

Handout (45.8 MB)

170
The Concord-Carlisle High School / Oklahoma University Forecasting Group - An experiment in teaching through social media
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and W. G. Blumberg, K. T. Halbert, C. Balboni, L. Wallis, and E. Mushlitz

171
Embedding Environmental Scientists in Informal Science Educational Institutions: Perspectives of an Embedded Meteorologist at the Exploratorium
DaNa L. Carlis, EMC, College Park, MD; and M. Miller

172
Implementing AMS Climate Studies
Lawrence A. McAdam, Seminole State College, Sanford, FL

173
Meteorology Book for Children
Anders Sivle, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway; and I. Burud, L. R. Hole, H. O. Hygen, S. Ledum, and B. Teig

Handout (1.5 MB)

174
One Size Fits Most: Fitting in a Multi-Purpose Climate Change Course at a Women’s Focused College
Jenise Snyder, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH

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