Session 1 |
| | K-12 Education and Public Outreach Initiatives |
| | Cochairs: Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District, St. Louis, MO; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
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| 9:00 AM | | Introductory Remarks
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| 9:15 AM | 1.1 | Why Scientists Must Move Beyond K-12 Classroom Visits to Active Participants in Professional Development Courses for Teachers  
Andrea Dawn Melvin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel, D. S. Arndt, L. A. Gmachl, and M. A. Shafer |
| 9:30 AM | 1.2 | The NWS outreach program for teachers and students, a new business model
Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:45 AM | 1.3 | NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grants Program
Carrie McDougall, NOAA, Washington, DC; and S. Schoedinger |
| 10:00 AM | 1.4 | Satellite meteorology resources for K-16 educators and students
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman |
| 10:15 AM | | Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
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| 10:45 AM | 1.5 | NOAA Educational Programs Helping Teachers and Students
Nina L. Jackson, NOAA/NESDIS, Brandywine, MD |
|  | 1.6 | Oceans to classrooms with national marine sanctuaries
Michiko J. Martin, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Dudchik, D. Bizot, D. Hayes, C. Sakas, and A. McCurdy |
| 11:00 AM | 1.6A | The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS): "Hands-On" Science for Communities Right in their own Backyards
Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. C. Cifelli, and J. Turner |
| 11:15 AM | 1.7 | Advanced atmosphere workshop for certified GLOBE teachers
Tina J. Cartwright, West Virginia Univ./Community Technical College, Institute, WV; and S. Fleegel |
| 11:30 AM | 1.8 | EWOC 2006 – An international conference to promote meteorological and oceanographic education
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. Q. Foster and M. Walker |
| 11:45 AM | 1.9 | Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary/National Geographic Field Study
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ; and A. Tranchitella |