Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education

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Sunday, 2 July 2006

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 2 July 2006


Registration begins

Monday, 3 July 2006

7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Monday, 3 July 2006


Registration Continues through Friday, 7 July

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Monday, 3 July 2006


Session 1
Opening of Conference, Welcoming Remarks
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy
8:30 AM
1.1
Welcoming Remarks

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 3 July 2006


Session 2
Education and outreach for the coastal and marine environment
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society
9:30 AM
2.1
Hurricanes -- The "WOC" in EWOC
John L. Kermond, UCAR, Silver Spring, MD

9:45 AM
2.2
Hurricane Strike!: An interactive Web-based tool to teach kids about hurricane science and safety
Victoria Johnson, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and P. Parrish and D. Owens

10:30 AM
2.5
Coffee Break

10:45 AM
2.4A

11:00 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 3 July 2006


Session 3
Informal education for meteorology and oceanography
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Joseph M. Moran, University of Wisconsin
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

11:30 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, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and V. Cheruvu, J. H. Richter, C. Johnson, and T. Eastburn

12:00 PM
3.5
12:15 PM
3.6
12:30 PM
3.7
Educational programs of the Mount Washington Observatory
Marsha A. Rich, AMS Atmospheric Education Resource Agent, Chichester, NH
12:45 PM
3.8
WeatherFest, a new education outreach program
Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. F. Hasling

1:00 PM
3.9
Coffee Break

1:30 PM
3.4A
Lunch Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 3 July 2006


Workshop Session 4
AMS Module Workshops
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy
2:30 PM
W4.1
4:00 PM
W4.2
Wind driven ocean circulation workshop (Centre Greene South)
Thomas P. Kelly, Grandville Public Schools, Grandville, MI; and G. Rausch

5:30 PM
W4.3
Building ideas with AMS blocks (Centre Greene Building 1, Room 3150)
Carol A. Hildreth, AMS/AERA, Mechanicville, NY

7:00 PM
W4.4
Highs and Lows (Centre Greene Building 1, Room 2503)
Donald H. Schulteis, Ontario (CA) High School, Upland, CA

10:00 PM
W4.6

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 3 July 2006


Sessions End for the Day

Depart for Reception at Mesa Lab

Tuesday, 4 July 2006

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 4 July 2006


Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Millennium Room (Millennium Hotel)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Susan Q. Foster, UCAR
P1.1
A Decade of Education and Outreach Programs at a National Weather Service Forecast Office
Eleanor Vallier-Talbot, NOAA/NWSFO, Taunton, MA; and W. T. Babcock

Handout (81.4 kB)

P1.3
Using DLESE to bring atmospheric and oceanographic digital resources to the classroom
William Huskin, AMS Education Resource Agent, Doylestown, PA; and J. D. Moore

P1.5
Using DLESE to facilitate high quality Earth Science Education
Steve Michael Carlson, AMS/NOAA Project Atmosphere AREA, White Salmon, Washington

P1.6
Everyday Weather, Project Atmosphere and DataStreme, “Reaching Out To The Educational System and Community!
Steve Michael Carlson, AMS/NOAA Project Atmosphere AREA, White Salmon, Washington

P1.7
Meteorology and oceanography topics in the New York State science curriculum
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and M. R. Wolk

Handout (62.6 kB)

P1.8
“WeatherWise”: A kit for Girl Scouts to learn about weather and careers in the atmospheric sciences
Jadwiga H. Richter, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Buhr, K. Young, S. Lynds, and S. Hug

P1.9
MY NASA DATA: A resource for Climate and Ocean Education
Dennis Diones, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and L. H. Chambers, E. J. Alston, S. W. Moore, P. C. Oots, and C. S. Phelps

P1.11
Hurricane season 2004 and beach erosion in Volusia County, Florida
Valentina S. David, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL

Handout (204.2 kB)

P1.12
Understanding rip currents in the nearshore environment: a new generation of oceanography visualizations
Kevin K. Fuell, University of Alabama - Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and D. V. Johnson

P1.13
AMS Local Implementation Teams in Action: A Decade of Change
Robert P. Wanton, National Weather Service, Mt. Holly, NJ; and J. D. Moore, K. Orr, and W. Huskin

P1.14
Caught in the drift: sea-beans and ocean currents
Terri Kirby Hathaway, North Carolina Sea Grant, Manteo, NC

P1.15
Developing Extensions to Maury Project Modules to Enhance Teacher Utilization of the SE Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (SEACOOS) Web Site
George W. Rumpp, Alvernia College, Reading and Cabrini College, Radnor, PA; and D. Smith and T. K. Hathaway

Handout (217.5 kB)

P1.16
Twelve years of Maury Project summer workshops: A pictorial history
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and I. W. Geer and D. E. McManus

P1.17
Teaching middle school students about wind-driven currents through a learning cycle model
Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI

P1.18
P1.19
The Royal Meteorological Society's educational activities
Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom

P1.20
MetLinkInternational – the Royal Meteorological Society's principal online weather project
Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom

P1.21
RainCatch – an online weather project for children aged 8-12 and individuals of any age
Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom

P1.22
New Resources for Schools: Multi–Agency Educational Initiatives of the Royal Meteorological Society
V. Aldridge, Roseburn Primary School, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and O. Bray

P1.23
Meteorology at the National Festival of Science, Engineering and Technology in South Africa
Charlotte May McBride, South African Weather Service, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

P1.24
Start Your Own AMS K-12 Student Chapter
Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO

P1.25
P1.26
The role of interest circles in preparing students for meteorology careers in Cuba
Mayra Santana, Sociedad Meteorológica de Cuba, Ciudad Habana, Cuba; and O. Garcia and J. Machado

P1.27
Collaboration of state DataStreme programs in North Carolina
Fanette Hines Entzminger, Farmville Central High School Farmville,NC AMS DataStreme LIT Leader NC, Farmville, NC; and F. C. Vann

P1.29
SAC -C Cloud Atlas
I. Velasco, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and L. Vidal Sr. and A. L. Flores

Handout (321.7 kB)

P1.30
Educator resources at the National Weather Center in Norman, OK
Kevin A. Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Swift and J. Snow

P1.31
Online science classes meet student demand for flexibility and meaningful content
Kathryn Hedges, Prairie State Community College, Chicago Heights, IL

P1.32
Introducing leadership models and NCAR's multi-disciplinary research to undergraduates
Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Barnes and K. K. Droegemeier

P1.34
Learning to Interpret Colors on a Radar Image
Celeste Lehrer, St. Mary/St. Michael School, Cato, WI

P1.35
ANALYSING THE PRESENCE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES IN SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TEXT BOOKS
Adelaida Portela Lozano, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and R. M. Rodríguez Jiménez and Á. B. Capa

Handout (284.7 kB)

P1.37
Ocean Literacy through US Science Standards
Beth Jewell, NOAA Office of Education, Washington, DC; and S. Schoedinger and C. McDougall

P1.4A
Teaching Earth System Science Research for High School Students
Elizabeth Anne McCook, Urbana High School, Ijamsville, MD

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 4 July 2006


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 July 2006


Workshop Session 5
Hands-on Workshops
Location: Millennium Hotel, Century Room (Millennium Hotel)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Faye W. McCollum, AMS/AERA
10:30 AM
W5.1
AMS Weatherfest: Activities in Oceanography and Meteorology
Faye W. McCollum, AMS/AERA, Columbus, GA; and S. M. Carlson

10:40 AM
W5.2
10:50 AM
W5.3
How to Create a Weather Page
Frankie C. Vann, Lakewood High School, Salemburg, NC

11:00 AM
W5.4
EWOCFest: Hands-On Meteorology
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ; and R. P. Wanton and W. R. Huskin

11:10 AM
W5.5
Science beyond the textbook
Lawrence Greenleaf, AMS/AERA, Belfast, ME

11:20 AM
W5.6
Gravity Rules!
Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI

11:30 AM
W5.7
Boiling Water, with Ice?  (Discover the answer at the EWOCFest Workshop!)
Craig R. Wolter, AMS/AERA, Windom Area Schools, Windom, MN

11:40 AM
W5.8
Catching the Invisible Giant: Our Earth's Atmosphere
Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO

11:50 AM
W5.9
Eggciting Atmosphere
Randy Furman, AMS Education Resource Agent, Milaca, MN

12:00 PM
W5.10
Cloud's in a Bottle
Steve Michael Carlson, AMS/NOAA Project Atmosphere AREA, White Salmon, Washington

12:10 PM
W5.11
Cotton clouds
Ann Kelly, AMS/AERA, St. Louis, MO

12:20 PM
W5.12
The Sea and Sky Connection
Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO; and A. Kelly

12:50 PM
W5.15
The Role of Government in Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Faye W. McCollum, AMS/Atmospheric Resource Agent, Columbus, GA

1:00 PM
W5.16
Simple activities to teach weather concepts to students
Sharon M. Stroud, LIT leader for Datastreme Atmosphere, Colorado Springs, CO

12:30 PM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 July 2006


Sessions End for the Day

Barbeque Luncheon-Millennium Hotel Pavilion

Wednesday, 5 July 2006

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 5 July 2006


Session 6
The role of learned societies in educational outreach
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Ross Reynolds, University of Reading
8:30 AM
6.1
The educational strategy of the Royal Meteorological Society
Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom

9:00 AM
6.2
A Multi–Agency Approach to Teacher Secondment
G. Meldrum, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and V. Aldridge and O. Bray

9:15 AM
6.3
A Variety of Methods for Educating Audiences about Climate and Earth System
Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and S. Henderson, L. Carbone, L. Gardiner, D. Ward, R. Russell, J. Bergman, and S. Foster

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 5 July 2006


Session 7
Promoting diversity and enhancing the involvement of under-represented groups in meteorology and oceanography
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Ross Reynolds, University of Reading
9:30 AM
7.1
Nationwide dissemination of Online Weather Studies and Online Ocean Studies courses at minority serving institutions
Ira W. Geer, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and E. W. Mills, J. M. Moran, W. R. Foniri, R. S. Weinbeck, W. A. Porter, J. L. Harris, and J. A. Brey

10:00 AM
7.3
Coffee Break

10:30 AM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 July 2006


Session 8A
Teacher training
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Cochairs: John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma; Agueda Benito-Capa, Universidad Europea/CEES
10:30 AM
8A.1
AMS education program - a collegial success story
I. W. Geer, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, D. R. Smith, E. J. Hopkins, E. W. Mills, and B. A. Blair

11:00 AM
8A.2
AMS programs to enhance education in the ocean sciences: The Maury Project and DataStreme Ocean
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, and E. W. Mills
11:15 AM
8A.3
Using oceanography examples to teach chemical principles
Bruce G. Smith, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin, Appleton, WI

11:30 AM
8A.4
NOAA Teacher-at-Sea Program; how experiencing real research makes teaching and student learning fun.
Brian D. Emond, University of Massachusetts (NOAA Teacher-at-Sea Program), Amherst, MA

12:00 PM
8A.6
Earth2Class: Connecting Teachers and Researchers
Michael J. Passow, Lamont-Doherty and Teachers College, Columbia Univ., New York, NY and White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and G. J. Iturrino, C. M. Assumpcao, and F. D. Baggio
12:15 PM
8A.7
The Weather Outside our Window: Teacher Education Through Inquiry-Based Case Studies on Rocky Mountain Front Range Weather
Linnea M. Avallone, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Laursen, J. Hacker, W. Abshire, and B. Hendrickson

12:30 PM
8A.8
Professional Development for Middle School and High School Educators on Climate and Global Change and Modeling in the Geosciences at NCAR
Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and S. Henderson, D. L. Ward, S. Q. Foster, L. Gardiner, R. Russell, S. Gallagher, and K. Meymaris

12:45 PM
8A.9
Building bridges between researchers and educators at CIRES
Susan M. Buhr, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

1:00 PM
8A.5A
Lunch Break

2:30 PM
8A.10A
ANALYSING THE PRESENCE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES IN SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TEXT BOOKS-
Adelaida Portela Lozano, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and R. M. Rodríguez Jiménez and Á. B. Capa

2:45 PM
8A.10B
Coffee Break

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 July 2006


Sessions End for the Day

3:30 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 July 2006


NOAA/NICL/NREL/FISKE Tours

Thursday, 6 July 2006

8:30 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 6 July 2006


Session 8B
Teacher Training (cont)
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ.
8:30 AM
8B.1
Learning to teach about vorticity with a tornado vortex model
James A. Brey, University of Wisconsin Fox Valley, Menasha, WI

8:45 AM
8B.2
STEM en tu CASA! What's on your radar? And how did it get there?
Kevin A. Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

9:30 AM
8B.5
Project Atmosphere in South Africa
Charlotte May McBride, South African Weather Service, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

9:45 AM
8B.6
The Pakistani Teachers Institute
Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH

10:00 AM
8B.7
Coffee Break

10:30 AM
8B.3A

10:30 AM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 6 July 2006


Session 9
International education programs and collaborations.
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Tsuneya Takahashi, Hokkaido University of Education
10:30 AM
9.1
The online weather projects of the Royal Meteorological Society
Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom

10:45 AM
9.2
11:00 AM
9.3
Education, Outreach and Communications Efforts for the International Polar Year, 2007-2009
Mark S. McCaffrey, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Buhr and S. Lynds

11:30 AM
9.5
International Partnerships with NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program
Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ., Shippensburg, PA

11:45 AM
9.6
European Catalogue of Training Oportunities in Meteorology - ECTOM II
Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Belda

12:00 PM
9.7
Lunch Break

1:30 PM
9.4A

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 6 July 2006


Workshop Session 10
Hands-on Workshop #2
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Susan Q. Foster, UCAR
1:30 PM
W10.1
Inquiring about the Earth system through elementary student investigations (Centre Greene Building 1, Room 3131)
Becca Hatheway, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Gardiner, S. Henderson, M. LeMone, and K. Zarlengo

1:45 PM
W10.2
Climate and global change: a toolkit for teaching about our ever-changing world (Centre Greene Building 1, Room 3131)
Lisa Gardiner, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and S. Henderson, R. Johnson, and R. Russell

2:00 PM
W10.3
Make your own personal forecast! (Centre Greene Building 1, Room 2503)
Elisabeth A. Cohen, Utah Governor's Office, Salt Lake City, UT

2:15 PM
W10.4
Interactive numerical modeling in the classroom: challenges and rewards (Centre Greene Building 2, CTTC)
John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Johnson, D. Ward, and M. J. Broussaud

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 6 July 2006


Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 6 July 2006


Session 11
Student-centered educational programs
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Pal Kirkeby-Hansen, Oslo Univ.
4:00 PM
11.1
Using wind and storm surge data to make damage predictions in the high school classroom
Linda Wygoda, Sam Houston High School, Lake Charles, LA, Lake Charles, LA

4:15 PM
11.2
Teaching High School Meteorology through Live Event Learning!
Craig R. Wolter, AMS/AERA, Windom Area Schools, Windom, MN

4:45 PM
11.5
Snow camp for high school students: Field and laboratory studies of snow crystals
Yukimasa Tsubota, Obirin University, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Takahashi

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 6 July 2006


Sessions end for the day

Friday, 7 July 2006

8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 7 July 2006


Session 12
Science, society and schools
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society
8:30 AM
12.1
Weather science short courses for 'talented and gifted' school students in England
Ross Reynolds, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

8:45 AM
12.2
Weather and Climate in European School Curricula
Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and A. Spekat and J. Wieringa

9:00 AM
12.3
Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows in NOAA's Office of Education
Beth Jewell, NOAA Office of Education, Washington, DC; and R. Carson

9:30 AM
12.5
Climate education – Empowering today's youth to meet tomorrow's challenges
Camilla Schreiner, University of Oslo, N-0317 Oslo, Norway; and E. K. Henriksen and P. J. K. Hansen

9:45 AM
12.6
Bringing Megacity Environmental Impacts to a Global Community of Learners and Educators on the World Wide Web through Windows to the Universe
Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and S. Q. Foster, J. Bergman, T. Eastburn, L. Gardiner, J. Genyuk, N. Gordon, M. LaGrave, R. Russell, D. Ward, D. Salcedo, J. Weinstein-Lloyd, and B. C. Gonzalez

10:00 AM
12.7
Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Friday, 7 July 2006


Session 13
Enhancing public awareness of meteorology and oceanography through the media
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA
10:30 AM
13.1
Tsunami detection & ocean drifters
John L. Kermond, UCAR, Silver Spring, MD

11:00 AM
13.3
Watersheds and weather: short course for broadcast meteorologists
Joseph Lamos, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and D. Owens and M. Kelsch

11:15 AM
13.2A
Ocean Literacy through US Science Standards-
Beth Jewell, NOAA Office of Education, Washington, DC; and S. E. Schoedinger and C. McDougall

11:15 AM-11:30 AM: Friday, 7 July 2006


Session 14
Indigenous perspectives of weather, climate and oceans
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
11:15 AM
14.1
Place-based Earth Science. A new way of teaching a college earth systems science course at the University of Oklahoma
Kevin A. Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Elmore, M. Palmer, and V. O'Brien

11:30 AM-12:45 PM: Friday, 7 July 2006


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-2:15 PM: Friday, 7 July 2006


Session 15
GLOBE activities
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR
1:00 PM
15.2
GLOBE education: supporting student research in the classroom
Sandra Henderson, UCAR/GLOBE, Boulder, CO; and S. Gallagher, S. Sikora, and K. Meymaris

1:15 PM
15.3
GLOBE clouds online teaching module
Susan M. Gallagher, The GLOBE Program, Boulder, CO, CO; and M. A. LeMone, K. Meymaris, S. Sikora, and B. Hatheway

1:30 PM
15.4
Determining Light Pollution of the Global Sky: GLOBE at Night
Kirsten Meymaris, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and S. Henderson, S. Gallagher, D. L. Ward, R. Russell, and D. Salisbury

1:45 PM
15.5
The GLOBE malaria project: a unique student/teacher/scientist partnership
Rebecca A. Boger, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY; and D. Brooks and A. Rafalimanana
2:00 PM
15.6
Coffee Break

2:15 PM-4:00 PM: Friday, 7 July 2006


Session 16
Cyberinfrastructure and computer-based learning for meteorology and oceanography
Location: Centre Greene Building 1, Auditorium (UCAR Centre Greene Campus)
Host: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education
Chair: Rajul Pandya, UCAR
2:15 PM
16.1
Promoting Earth System Science through Geospatial Technologies
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ

2:30 PM
16.2
Climateprediction.net as a weather and climate learning resource for schools and the general public
Sylvia H.E. Knight, Open University, Manchester, United Kingdom; and D. Frame, E. Highwood, B. Spicer, D. Stainforth, M. Walker, and M. R. Allen

2:45 PM
16.3
3:30 PM
16.5a
Concluding Remarks

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Friday, 7 July 2006


Conference Ends