Session 3 Informal education for meteorology and oceanography

Monday, 3 July 2006: 11:00 AM-2:30 PM
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, College of Environmental Sciences, Green Bay, WI

Papers:
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

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