Session 3 |
| | Informal education for meteorology and oceanography |
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Chairperson: Joseph M. Moran, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, Green Bay, WI |
| 11:00 AM | 3.1 | Nowcasting for the future: an interactive museum exhibit for teaching weather
Brian E. Rogan, Museum of Science, Boston, Boston, MA |
| 11:15 AM | 3.2 | The UCAR Public Visitor Program - at the intersection where science, schools, society, and informal learning meet
Teresa Eastburn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Barnes |
| 11:30 AM | 3.3 | Voices of Science: A Case Study of NCAR's "Climate Future" Exhibit
Linda Carbone, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Foster, R. Johnson, and N. Science Advisory Committee |
| 11:45 AM | 3.4 | Climate and weather, the two go together: Girl Scouts at the National Center for Atmospheric Research program
Kristen L. Corbosiero, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Cheruvu, J. H. Richter, C. Johnson, and T. Eastburn |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:00 PM | 3.5 | Flood safety: what have historic flash floods taught us? 
Matthew Kelsch, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Abshire |
| 1:15 PM | 3.6 | The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) Network—“Informal Atmospheric Science in the Community: What can we accomplish?”
Henry Reges, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken and J. Turner |
| 1:30 PM | 3.7 | Educational programs of the Mount Washington Observatory
Marsha A. Rich, AMS Atmospheric Education Resource Agent, Chichester, NH |
| 1:45 PM | 3.8 | WeatherFest, a new education outreach program
Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. F. Hasling |
| 2:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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