15th Symposium on Education

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Saturday, 28 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Sat 28 Jan

7:30 AM-7:31 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Short Course and Student Conference Registration

Sunday, 29 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Sun 29 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Conference Registration

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Poster Session 1
Educational Initiatives
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 15th Symposium on Education
Organizer: Marianne J. Hayes, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools
 
P1.1
A Decade of AMS DataStreme Courses—Teachers Using Earth System Information
Robert S. Weinbeck, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, D. R. Smith, E. J. Hopkins, E. W. Mills, and B. A. Blair

Poster PDF (169.4 kB)

 
P1.2
Using DLESE to facilitate high quality Earth Science Education
Steve Michael Carlson, AMS/NOAA Project Atmosphere AREA, White Salmon, Washington

Poster PDF (120.2 kB)

 
P1.3
Using DLESE to bring atmospheric and oceanographic digital resources to the classroom
William R. Huskin, Central Bucks School District, Doylestown, PA; and J. D. Moore

 
P1.4
Satellite observations in science education
Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker, T. Jasmin, and L. howles

 
P1.6
PROBLEM BASED LEARNING: OBSERVING THE EARTH
Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ

Poster PDF (20.1 kB)

 
P1.8
U.S. Air Force Graduate Research in Meteorology
Lee A. Byerle, AWS, Tucson, 85708; and R. B. Telfeyan

 
P1.9
Bringing cutting-edge research to the classroom: Earth2Class
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School/Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and G. J. Iturrino, C. M. Assumpcao, and F. D. Baggio

Poster PDF (148.9 kB)

 
P1.10
AMS DataStreme programs in the Empire and Garden States
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School/Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and W. D. Blanchard, C. A. Hildreth, J. D. Moore, G. G. Hofer, and J. T. Williams

Poster PDF (170.6 kB)

 
P1.11
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commitment to Developing Minority Meteorologists and Atmospheric Scientists
R. Suseela Reddy, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and G. S. Holmes, K. N. Venable, D. J. Gavin, D. Newton, M. M. Watts, and J. L. Shoemake

 
P1.12
The Scientists' Notebook as a learning tool
Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI

 
P1.14
The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV)—A discipline agnostic tool for geoscience exploration
Don Murray, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. McWhirter

Poster PDF (438.0 kB)

 
P1.17
The 2005 NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) Weather Camps
Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and L. White, E. Joseph, S. Yalda, D. Rainney, and R. Jones

 
P1.19
Summer haze hazard
Lisa Mozer, Fernback Science Center, Atlanta, GA

 
P1.20
Serving diverse urban undergraduate students with AMS online earth science courses
Steve LaDochy, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and P. Ramirez

Poster PDF (419.0 kB)

 
P1.21
NASA CloudSat: Students and scientists have their heads in the clouds
Debra K. Krumm, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Lockett

 
P1.22
Meteorology Week during Plymouth State University's Pakistani Teachers Institute
Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH

Poster PDF (101.9 kB)

 
P1.23
Learning Objects in Multimedia Materials: The COMET Program
Sherwood Wang, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and P. Parrish, P. Dills, and B. Muller

 
P1.24
International EWOC's
Faye McCollum, AMS/AERA, Columbus, GA

Poster PDF (20.1 kB)

 
P1.25
Enlightening lightning!
Richard Orville, Texas A&M Univ., College Sation, TX; and D. H. House and M. F. Hibbs

 
P1.26
Classroom Exercises in GIS Meteorology
Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, Virginia

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

 
P1.27
Assessing the Effect of Weather on Sea Turtle Nests, Daytona Beach, Florida
Richard K. Snow, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and M. M. Snow

Poster PDF (367.1 kB)

 
P1.28
Applying interactive Learning tools in the Advanced Warning Operations Course
James LaDue, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and K. L. Manross, D. Morris, and P. T. Schlatter

Poster PDF (664.3 kB)

 
P1.29
An interdisciplinary field course in marine and atmospheric systems
Mike E. Splitt, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and J. Windsor and K. Johnson

Poster PDF (779.2 kB)

 
P1.30
A new perspective on surface weather maps
Steven J. Meyer, Univ. of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI

Poster PDF (241.7 kB)

 
P1.31
Use of the Clark Atlanta University Energy Balance Module in a Freshman Earth System Science Course
Randal L. N. Mandock, Clark Atlanta Univ., Atlanta, GA; and G. W. Grams, I. Mills, and O. Fayanjuola

 
P1.32
Teaching Online Weather Studies at the University of Houston
Sharon Zhong, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and R. Perna

 
P1.33
Teaching Online Weather Studies as a hybrid course in traditional classroom setting
Ravi C. Nandigam Sr., Univ. of Texas, Brownsville, TX

Poster PDF (648.3 kB)

 
P1.34
Teaching meteorology at the University of Texas, El Paso
Thomas E. Gill, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX

Poster PDF (189.2 kB)

 
P1.35
Promotion for AMS Online Weather Studies at Del Mar College
Roger Steinberg, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

Poster PDF (991.0 kB)

 
P1.37
Online Weather Studies Diversity Project: Enhancing an HBCU weather and climate course
David A. Padgett, Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN

Poster PDF (215.3 kB)

 
P1.38
Online weather studies at Gavilan College
Andrew H. Van Tuyl, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA

 
P1.40
Online weather studies and Weatherbug achieve: The best of both worlds.
David Quesada, Saint Thomas Univ., Miami Gardens, FL

 
P1.41
Online Lab Science Course: Meeting the needs of a non-traditional student
James E. Edson Jr., Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR

 
P1.43
Meteorology at Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
Lynn D. Millwood, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX

 
P1.44
Meteorology and earth/space science at Heritage University
Gregory S. Van Doren, Heritage Univ., Toppenish, WA

 
P1.45
Introducing Online Meteorology at New Mexico Junior College
Roene Neu, New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, NM; and K. Holladay

 
P1.46
 
P1.47
Implementing the Online Weather Studies into a research base learning community
Ricardo J. Morales-De Jesús, Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

 
P1.48
 
P1.49
Evaluation of the impact of the NWC REU program compared with other undergraduate research experiences
Wilson J. Gonzalez-Espada, Arkansas Tech Univ., Russellville, AR; and D. S. Zaras

Poster PDF (295.0 kB)

 
P1.50
Developing reading skills in a fully on-line weather class
Mary E. Dowse, Western New Mexico Univ., Silver City, NM

 
P1.52
Completely Online Weather Courses at CSUN
Gong-Yuh Lin, California State Univ., Northridge, California

Poster PDF (417.2 kB)

 
P1.53
Bilingual Online Weather Studies: enhancing diversity through collaborations
Erin Argyilan, Indiana Univ., Gary, IN; and A. R. Rentas

 
P1.54
Best Practices of Local Air Quality Outreach Programs
Chelsea Jenkins, SHENAIR Institute, James Madison Univ., Winchester, VA; and T. Hedinger, C. J. Brodrick, and J. Giraytys

 
P1.55
Assessing Student's Understanding of Online Weather Media
Matthew J. Benus, Purdue Univ., Hammond, IN

 
P1.56
 
P1.57
 
P1.58
Weather Outside our Window: Data-Rich, Inquiry-Based Case Studies on Rocky Mountain Front Range Weather
Sandra Laursen, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. Avallone, J. P. Hacker, W. Schreiber-Abshire, and B. Hendrickson

Monday, 30 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Mon 30 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Session 1
K-12 Education and Public Outreach Initiatives
Location: A402 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 15th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD
  9:00 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
1.3
NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grants Program
Carrie McDougall, NOAA, Washington, DC; and S. Schoedinger
  9:45 AM
1.4
Satellite meteorology resources for K-16 educators and students
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman
  10:00 AM
1.5
  10:30 AM
1.7
Advanced atmosphere workshop for certified GLOBE teachers
Tina J. Cartwright, West Virginia Univ./Community Technical College, Institute, WV; and S. Fleegel
  10:45 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
  11:00 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
  11:15 AM
1.0A
Introductory Remarks

  11:30 AM
1.4A
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

  12:00 PM
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

12:00 PM-1:10 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Plenary Session 1
AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; the The James Holton Symposium; the Third Symposium on Space Weather; the Event Program; the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges; the AMS Forum: Managing our Physical and Natural Resources: Successes and Challenges; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the 15th Symposium on Education; the Sixth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Fourth Presidental History Symposium; the First Symposium on Policy Research; the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms; the The Doug Lilly Symposium; the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Conference on Hydrology; the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the Symposium on the Public/Private Sector Partnership; the Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year; and the Second Special Session on Heat Health )
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ.; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS
  12:00 PM
PL1.1
Forum opening
Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and M. Andrews, C. S. B. Grimmond, and S. R. Hanna

  12:10 PM
PL1.2
How should we compare and evaluate urban land surface models?
Martin Best, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

  12:40 PM
PL1.3
THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS: A MIX OF CURSES AND BLESSINGS
Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Session 2
K-12 Educational Outreach Activities for Space Weather
Location: A402 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 15th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy; Genene M. Fisher, AMS
  1:30 PM
2.1
Windows to the Universe: A growing educational resource with new climate and space weather content, Spanish-language pages, and ways to collaborate
Roberta Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Gardiner, R. Russell, M. LaGrave, J. Genyuk, J. Bergman, and T. Metcalfe
  2:00 PM
2.2
Education and Public Outreach with a NASA Space Weather Mission (SDO)
Emilie Drobnes, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland; and D. Scherrer, W. D. Pesnell, and B. Thompson
  2:15 PM
2.3
NASA's THEMIS Mission and the Involvement of Schools
N. Craig, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and L. M. Peticolas

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (M2)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Joint Session 1
Educational Outreach Activities for Space Weather (Joint with 15th Symposium on Education and 3rd Symposium on Space Weather)
Location: A402 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Education; and the Third Symposium on Space Weather )
Cochairs: Genene Fisher, AMS Policy Program; David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy
  4:00 PM
J1.1
  4:15 PM
J1.2
Where and Why Does Space Weather Occur?
Patrick S. Market, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and D. J. Knipp
  4:30 PM
J1.3
Using NASA Space Data in K-12 Education
Arthur I. Poland, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and G. Colon and E. Felicite-Maurice
  5:00 PM
J1.4A
Space Weather Education on Windows to the Universe
Randy Russell, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Johnson, S. Q. Foster, J. Bergman, E. Gardiner, J. Genyuk, and M. LaGrave

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Sessions end for the day (M)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Holton Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 31 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Tue 31 Jan

8:30 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Session 3
University and Professional Education
Location: A402 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 15th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ.; Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois
  8:30 AM
3.1
Evaluating learning and performance in the Warning Decision Training Branch's Distance Learning Operation Courses
Brandon Albert Miller, School of Earth and Atmopsheric Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and B. N. Grant and W. J. Gonzalez-Espada
  8:45 AM
3.2
  9:00 AM
3.3
  9:15 AM
3.4
Enhancing diversity in the geosciences through national dissemination of AMS Online Weather Studies and Online Ocean Studies at minority serving institutions
Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and E. W. Mills, J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, W. A. Porter, J. L. Harris, J. A. Brey, and W. R. Foniri
  9:30 AM
3.5
The Jackson State University Meteorology Program's Role In Undergraduate Atmospheric Science Training And Research
Quinton L. Williams, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy, L. White, H. P. Liu, M. M. Watts, and J. L. Shoemake
  9:45 AM
3.6
Tablet PC: an educational aid for lecture-based survey meteorology courses
Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. K. Jackman and T. E. Twine
  10:00 AM
3.7
Using an Active-Learning Quiz Series in an Introductory Meteorology College Course
Neil Laird, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and L. A. Golson, K. E. Wood, and K. Feasel
  10:15 AM
3.8
  10:30 AM
3.9
Relative humidity: What do students know about it?
Sherman E. Fredrickson, NOAA/NSSL; and P. L. Heinselman, W. J. Gonzalez-Espada, and D. Zaras
  10:45 AM
3.10
Problem based learning: meteorological instrumentation
Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ
  11:00 AM
3.5A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Exhbits Open (T)

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Plenary Session
Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.)
Hosts: (Joint between the Event Program; the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 15th Symposium on Education; the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges; the AMS Forum: Managing our Physical and Natural Resources: Successes and Challenges; the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms; the The Doug Lilly Symposium; the First Symposium on Policy Research; the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Sixth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Conference on Hydrology; the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the Fourth Presidental History Symposium; the Symposium on the Public/Private Sector Partnership; the The James Holton Symposium; the Third Symposium on Space Weather; and the Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year )

1:45 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Joint Session 4
Tools to Enhance Weather and Climate Data Use in the Classroom (Joint with 15th Symposium on Education and 22nd Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems)
Location: A402 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Education; and the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )
Cochairs: Rajul E. Pandya, UCAR/SOARS; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
  1:45 PM
J4.1
LEAD education initiatives
Sepideh Yalda, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and R. D. Clark and E. Joseph
  2:00 PM
J4.2
Using ocean observing system data to promote ocean science literacy in the southeast U.S.
Mary C. Greganti, Univ. of Georgia, Savannah, GA; and J. R. Nelson and C. Simoniello
  2:15 PM
J4.3
NOAA's NowCOAST: A GIS-Web Mapping Portal to Discover and Display Real-Time Coastal Observations, Satellite Imagery and NOAA Forecasts
Michael Allard, Coast Survey Development Laboratory, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Wengren and J. G. W. Kelley
  2:30 PM
J4.4
Tools for Exploring NASA Earth Observing System Climate Data in K-12 Classrooms
Erica J. Alston, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and L. H. Chambers, C. S. Phelps, P. C. Oots, and S. W. Moore
  2:45 PM
J4.5
The NCAR climate and global change professional development program
Dennis L. Ward, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and R. M. Johnson, S. Henderson, R. Russell, L. Gardiner, S. Gallagher, K. Meymaris, and J. Genyuk
  3:15 PM
J4.7
An earth science web site for Randolph High School
Christopher Duvall, Randolph High School, Randolph, NJ
  3:30 PM
J4.8
A modern, PC/Mac visualization tool for K-20 students
Renee A. McPherson, OCS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Wolfinbarger, J. B. Basara, A. D. Melvin, and D. S. Arndt
  4:00 PM
J4.10
A progress report on the Hands—on interdisciplinary laboratory program: an approach to strengthen the weather radar curriculum at the University of Oklahoma
M. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. A. Dubois, T. Y. Yu, R. D. Palmer, M. Biggerstaff, L. D. Fink, and C. Ahern
  4:15 PM
J4.11
Curriculum Development in Atmospheric Instrumentation for Undergraduates
Melanie Wetzel, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV; and W. P. Arnott
  4:30 PM
J4.12
  5:00 PM
J4.5A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Sessions end for the day (T)

Wednesday, 1 February 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Wed 1 Feb

11:00 AM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Exhibits Open (W)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (W)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 2 February 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Symposium Ends

THUR 2 FEB

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


AMS iPod Raffle in Exhibit Hall