Program: Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education (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

9:00 AM

1.2

Role of a National Center in Weather, Ocean and Climate Education (Special Invited Keynote Presentation)

Tim Killeen, NCAR, TBD, TBD

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

10:00 AM

2.3

Promoting Lifelong Ocean Education: Shaping Tomorrow's Earth Stewards and the Science and Technology Workforce

Blanche W. Meeson, Ocean.US/NASA, Arlington, VA

2.4

Education, research and training in Ocean Sciences in India - Challenges in the changing environment

10:30 AM

2.5

Coffee Break

10:45 AM

2.4A

Developing Extensions to Maury Project Modules to Enhance Teacher Utilization of the SouthEast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (SEACOOS) Web Site

George W. Rumpp, Alvernia College, Reading, PA, Collegeville, PA; and D. Smith and T. K. Hathaway

Presentation PDF (217.5 kB)

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

11:15 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, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and V. Cheruvu, J. H. Richter, C. Johnson, and T. Eastburn

12:00 PM

3.5

Flood safety: what have historic flash floods taught us?

Matthew Kelsch, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiber-Abshire

Presentation PDF (534.6 kB)

12:15 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

Presentation PDF (324.0 kB)

12:30 PM

3.7

Educational programs of the Mount Washington Observatory

Marsha A. Rich, AMS Atmospheric Education Resource Agent, Chichester, NH

Presentation PDF (59.8 kB)

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

Coastal Upwelling and El Nino: The Maury Project Style! (Centre Green Building 1, Room 3131)

James Backus, The Maury Project, Brookfield, CT

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

8:30 PM

W4.5

A Maury Project Module: Density-Driven Ocean Circulation (Centre Greene Building 1, Room 2126)

Craig Croone, AMS/Maury, Northfield, MN

10:00 PM

W4.6

Enhancing Math and Science Education Through Project Atmosphere's Severe Weather Module (Centre Greene Building 1, Cafeteria)

William Huskin, AMS Education Resource Agent, Doylestown, PA; and J. D. Moore

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

P1.4

Using the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) in your Classroom

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

P1.10

Weather and climate in primary and secondary education: Possibilities and restrictions in the new Norwegian national curriculum compared with the old

Pål J. Kirkeby Hansen, Oslo University College, N-0130 Oslo, Norway

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

Oceanography in the Middle: Middle school, Middle of the Continent.

Craig Croone, AMS/Maury, Northfield, MN

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

The sea & sky connection in a high school physical science class

Ann Kelly, AMS/AERA, St. Louis, MO

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

P1.28

SAC-D Satellite information on Education and Outreach

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

P1.33

La Plata Estuary Project: A binational science education and public outreach initiative

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)

P1.36

ESIP and CIMSS: Increasing the Use and Usability of Satellite Data in Science Classrooms (Poster)

Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman

P1.37

Ocean Literacy through US Science Standards

Beth Jewell, NOAA Office of Education, Washington, DC; and S. Schoedinger and C. McDougall

P1.38

Education and Climate: Building a sustainable weather network by incorporating science teachers into current research activities in meteorology

Ricardo J. Morales De Jesús, Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan

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

Cartesian diver: A fun way to explore the properties of air and water.

Hector Ibarra II, AMS/AERA, Iowa City, IA

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

W5.13

Bag It Up: Water Cycle in a Bag

W5.14

Clouds in a can

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

9:45 AM

7.2

Broadening Participation in the Geosciences: How does one scale a successful and small-scale approach?

Rajul Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO

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

Presentation PDF (75.8 kB)

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

11:45 AM

8A.5

An application of beach measurement techniques from Project Maury to the evolution of a meso-tidal system at Sandy Hook, New Jersey

William Blanchard, AMS/Maury, Neptune, NJ

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

Presentation PDF (194.1 kB)

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

8B.3

On the Use of SAC-C Satellite Images in Meteorology and Oceanography

9:15 AM

8B.4

Coastal upwelling, sea level change, and more: Teaching Boxes for your classroom

Shelley E. Olds, UCAR, Boulder, CO

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

Student teachers as researchers in science education: Some results on pupils' interests and understanding of weather and climate.

Pål J. Kirkeby Hansen, Oslo University College, N-0130 Oslo, Norway

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

Global warming with a global perspective – integrating climate change topics into meteorology and statistics curricula

Eric A. Walters, Marymount School of New York, New York, NY; and I. Arkan

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

9.4

A Review of Education Symposia Presentations at the 2006 European Geosciences Union General Assembly

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

ESIP and CIMSS: Increasing the Use and Usability of Satellite Data in Science Classrooms

Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman

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

2:30 PM

W10.5

The “www” of waves, weather and water: digital libraries help bring atmospheric and ocean sciences to life (Centre Greene Building 12, CTTC)

Holly Devaul, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Olds and R. Low

2:45 PM

W10.6

Development and evaluation of an elementary school teacher workshop on weather directly linked with classes (Centre Greene Building 1, Room 2126)

Tsuneya Takahashi, Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo, Japan; and Y. Tsubota

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

W10.7

Next Generation – the ACCENT Training Programme for Young Scientists (Centre Greene Building 1, Room 3150)

Presentation PDF (75.7 kB)

3:15 PM

W10.8

Inquiring into inquiry: what does It offer? what does it looks like? what role do questions and questioning play? (Centre Greene Building 1, South)

Teresa Eastburn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Barnes

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

11.3

Reweaving the Rainbow: interdisciplinary explorations in meteorology and the humanities

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

Presentation PDF (206.1 kB)

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

9:15 AM

12.4

Comparing knowledge about greenhouse effect and ozone layer among Norwegian pupils finishing compulsory education in 1989, 1993 and 2005

Pål J. Kirkeby Hansen, Oslo University College, N-0130 Oslo, Norway

Presentation PDF (74.8 kB)

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

13.2

A K-12 and public outreach media strategy for NSF's newest observation aircraft

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

12:45 PM

15.1

The Next Generation GLOBE Program: Promoting Collaborations between Cutting-edge Earth System Science Research Projects and Student Investigations of the Environment

Edward E. Geary, UCAR Office of Programs, Boulder, CO

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

Presentation PDF (575.4 kB)

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

Cyberinfrastructure for discovering Earth science educational resources

John Weatherley, UCAR, Boulder, CO

3:00 PM

16.4

Cyberinfrastructure and data services for Earth System Science Education A vision for the future

Mohan K. Ramamurthy, UCAR, Boulder, CO

3:15 PM

16.5

Data Democratization - Promoting Real-Time Data Sharing and Use throughout the Americas

Tom Yoksas, UCAR, Boulder, CO

3:30 PM

16.5a

Concluding Remarks

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

Conference Ends

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