10th Symposium on Education (Expanded View)

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Saturday, 13 January 2001
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday
1 Workshop Registration
 
Sunday, 14 January 2001
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Sunday
Poster Session 1 Educational Outreach Activities
Organizers: Marianne C. Hayes, Devers Elementary School, Ft. Bragg, NC; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue Jr. High School, St. Louis, MO
P1.1Ensure training and proficiency in the NWS  
LeRoy E. Spayd, NOAA/NWS, Silver Springs, MD
 P1.2Energy budget studies in the Big Horn Mountains  
Susannah M. Burrows, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and M. B. Garrison, W. L. Serencsits, and L. Smith
 P1.3Paper Transfered to Session 4, New Paper Number 4.3A  
 P1.4Ten years of the COMET Residence Program  
Gregory Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and T. Spangler and M. Kelsch
P1.5The maury project: a teacher enhancement program to promote ocean science in the k–12 classroom  
Debra S. Brice, San Marcos Middle School, San Marcos, CA
 P1.6Synergistic Expansion: Maury Project and Atmospheric Resource Agents Join Forces  
Faye McCollum, AMS/AERA, Muscogee County Schools, Columbus, GA
 P1.7Nature's Artistic Phenomena  
Faye McCollum, AMS/AERA, Muscogee County Schools, Columbus, GA
 P1.8Earth Systems Science Celebrations  
Steve M. Carlson, AMS/AERA and Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR
 P1.9Reaching across the University  
David E. Stooksbury, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
 P1.10Weather Education in Arkansas: The National Weather Service  
Rene' T. Carson, AMS/AERA, Little Rock School District, Little Rock, AR; and G. Wilken
 P1.11Experiential Learning in Geography and the Earth and Environmental Sciences: Enhancing Public Awareness of Atmospheric Environments Through Field Studies  
George G. Meldrum, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and T. C. Arnold
 P1.12Influence of Climatic Variables on the Hydrology of a Montane Wetland  
Emily R. Chiswick-Patterson, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and Z. J. Hershey, M. B. Garrison, M. T. Ackerman, J. Hamil, S. Miller, and K. Short
 P1.13A Limnological Investigation of a High Alpine Lake and the Influences of Climate  
Charu Chander, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and L. Guralnick, W. Serencsits, and S. Warburton
 P1.14Investigating Successional Vegetation Changes and their Relation to Sensitive Small Mammal Habitats in a Primitive Montane Riparian Environment  
Jennifer M. Vrentas, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and N. Petrovic, S. Crandall, and M. Richardson
 P1.15Importance of Construction Mapping Coordinates for the Presentation of Spacial Distribution of Climatic Data within an Alpine Environment  
Adam P. Steele, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and E. Hirshon, K. Heil, R. Higgins, and T. Engelder
 P1.16Recent Training and Results from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training  
Brian C. Motta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, B. Zajac, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, B. Grant, J. LaDue, A. Mostek, P. Wolf, J. Weaver, and R. Zehr
 P1.17The MIT Industrial Liaison Program: Bridging the University and Private Sector  
Todd Glickman, MIT, Cambridge, MA
 P1.18WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE: An Interactive Interdisciplinary Earth and Space Sciences Website  
David Mastie, Pioneer High School, Chelsea, MI; and M. Hayes
P1.19Pennsylvania Science Standards are supported by AMS Educational Initiatives  
Phyllis E. Rumpp, Bala Cynwyd Middle School, Bala Cynwyd, PA; and G. W. Rumpp
 P1.20DataStreme in the Secondary Geography Classroom  
Peggy Lynne Killam Smith, St. Mary's High School, Annapolis, MD; and S. Hottle-Schultz
 P1.21Earth2class: a unique workshop/on-line/distance-learning teacher-training project  
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and K. Corder, C. M. Assumpcao, F. D. Baggio, and C. Roushias
 P1.22Earth2class: educational technologies to support teacher enhancement programs  
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and C. M. Assumpcao, F. D. Baggio, K. Corder, and C. Roushias
 P1.23Earth2Class: teacher enhancement through workshop/Internet/distance learning  
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and K. Corder, C. M. Assumpcao, F. D. Baggio, and C. Roushias
 P1.24Who learns more, the student or the scientist? Experiences in mentoring a high school student  
Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO
 P1.25Weather educational tools to help students and teachers.  
Mike J. Arellano, Weather Research Center, Houston, TX; and J. F. Hasling
 P1.26Women in Natural Science (WINS) Programing at the Blue Hill Observatory Science Center  
William E. Minsinger, Blue Hill Observatory, Milton, MA; and C. Orloff, M. Micheals, and H. M. Mogil
 P1.27Visualization And Data Analysis At USF: Integrating Meteorology, Hydrology, and related geophysical sciences  
Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and G. A. Tobin
 P1.28Earth System Science—Multiple teaching styles impacting teacher training programs  
Lawrence E. Greenleaf, AMS/AERA, Belfast Area High School, Belfast, ME
 P1.29Expanding Datastreme's North Carolina Cyber-Campus Sites  
Frankie Vann, AMS/AERA,, Clinton, NC
 P1.30A Model for Enhancing Public Awareness through Collaborative Education Programs  
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Blackwood, NJ; and J. Nese, K. Orr, and R. P. Wanton
P1.31The Role of Atmospheric Science in University Earth System Science Curricula  
Kerry H. Cook, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
P1.32The Omega Project: A multidisciplinary module in earth and environmental science  
Jonathan Forest Byrne, Justice Resource Institute, Inc., Watertown, MA
 P1.33Using a "menu" approach to design and implementation of outreach programs  
Bryan Yeaton, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH
 P1.34CoCo RaHS (Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study) Simple Science with Significant Results  
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
 P1.35The "Celebrating 20th Century Pioneers in Atmospheric Sciences: Examining 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities" Workshop  
Vernon R. Morris, Center for the Study of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Atmospheres/Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins, E. Joseph, R. Petty, and C. Watkins
 P1.36Climate Change Education and Outreach in Atlantic Canada  
Anne-Marie Leger, EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
 P1.37Preparing for WES in Northern Virginia  
Beth A. Jewell, AMS/AERA and West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA
P1.38A Field Experience for High School Meteorology Students—Students Track Potential Killers with the Experts: How the AMS, NWS, NSSL, SPC & Oklahoma University Create a Unique Field Experience for Students  
Craig R. Wolter, AMS/AERA, Windom Area Schools, Windom, MN
 P1.39The DataStreme Project: reaching a milestone  
Robert S. Weinbeck, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and E. J. Hopkins, B. A. Blair, I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, and M. M. Ficek
 P1.40HPVCI—Distance Learning  
Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy and P. J. Fitzpatrick
 P1.41The Weather Classroom: How about a Career in Meteorology!  
Mishelle Michaels, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
 P1.42INCREASING WEATHER AWARENESS IN LOCAL SCHOOL THROUGH DATASTREME: EXPERIENCES OF OF THE ALBUQUERQUE LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION TEAM.  
Jim Smith, Moriarty High School, Moriarty, NM; and K. M. Jones
 
Monday, 15 January 2001
7:30 AM, Monday
Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January
 
8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Monday
Session 1 K–12 Educational Initiatives (Part I)
Organizers: Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWSFO, Dickinson, TX; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladau Jr. High School, St. Louis, MO
8:15 AMIntroductory Remarks  
8:30 AM1.2Example Damage to School Structures from the 3 May 1999 Tornado Outbreak: How Safe Is Your School’s Tornado Emergency Plan?  
Andrea Dawn Melvin, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel
8:45 AM1.3Lightning Safety For Schools  
William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and R. J. Vavrek, F. C. Brody, J. T. Madura, and D. E. Harms
9:00 AM1.4Inquiry-based Weather Lessons Utilizing Real-Time Data  
Christopher Duvall, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and M. Holzer
9:15 AM1.5Using meteorological data to teach teachers about inference: An adaptation of existing programs  
Eric A. Pani, Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and P. A. Watts
9:30 AM1.6Talking about science in remote places: Climatology at a rural museum  
Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO
9:45 AM1.7The Mount Washington Observatory Travelling Outreach Programs  
Bryan Yeaton, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:59 AM, Monday
Session 2 K–12 Educational Initiatives (Part II)
Organizers: Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladau Jr. High School, St. Louis, MO; Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWSFO, Dickinson, TX
10:30 AM2.1Earth2class: what research scientists can share with classroom teachers  
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and J. D. Ortiz, D. Witter, C. Small, M. Visbeck, A. Lerner-Lam, R. Lotti Bond, O. R. Anderson, R. Sambrotto, J. Armbruster, and K. Griffin
10:45 AM2.2Educational Outreach Activities of a State Climate Office  
David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and C. Duvall
11:00 AM2.3Exploitation of weather satellite imagery in the K–12 classroom  
P. H. Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and W. R. Lusher
2.4Helping science educators bring the bay into their classroom  
Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Maury Project and WES Project, Middletown, RI; and E. P. Amaral
11:15 AM2.4aThe Weather Classroom: How about a Career in Meteorology!  
Mishelle Michaels, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
11:29 AM2.5Introducing Meteorology in a topic based curriculum of Secondary Education Physics  
Agueda Benito-Capa, Universidad Europea/CEES, Madrid, Spain
11:44 AM2.6Meteorological Education at School in Europe—Prospects and Some Projects  
Werner Wehry, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
 
12:30 PM-2:00 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday
Joint Session 1 Delivery of Scientific and Technical Information on the World Wide Web Pertaining to the Atmosphere, the Oceans and the Coastal Zone:Part I (Joint between 10 Symp on Education and 17 Conf on IIPS; Cosponsered by the Committee on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone)
Organizers: Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Henry Robinson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Srping, MD
1:15 PMJ1.1Application of the NWS/COMET® Case Study Library to Development of Web-based Training  
Elizabeth M. Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and P. O'Reilly, J. Weber, and D. Kiessling
1:30 PMJ1.2Weather for the common man (or woman): a web course for the masses  
Debbie M. Schaum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and R. C. Bagby
1:45 PMJ1.3Webcasts: A Method for Rapidly Delivering Expertise and Training  
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and P. Parrish, J. Lamos, and G. Byrd
2:00 PMJ1.4Using the Web to support teaching introductory classes in meteorology  
Steve A Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker
2:15 PMJ1.5How the Maury Project Supports Teaching and Learning about Marine and Coastal Environments  
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and I. W. Geer and D. E. McManus
2:30 PMJ1.6Using VISITview for real-time collaborations  
Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Grant, S. Bachmeier, T. Mostek, B. Motta, K. Schrab, and G. Wade
2:45 PMJ1.7Navy Weather and Ocean charts available to Educators via the open Internet for use in classroom training  
Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-4:45 PM, Monday
Joint Session 2 Delivery of Scientific and Technical Information on the World Wide Web Pertaining to the Atmosphere, the Oceans and the Coastal Zone: Part II (Joint between 10 Education and 17 IIPS; Cosponsered by the Committee on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone)
Organizers: Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Henry Robinson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
J2.1AMS Educational Intitiatives Foster Internet Resource on the World Wide Web  
George W. Rumpp, Colonial School District, Plymouth Meeting, PA; and P. E. Rumpp
3:30 PMJ2.2Water in the Earth System (WES): A Report on First Year Activities  
Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and D. R. Smith, J. M. Moran, and R. S. Weinbeck
3:45 PMJ2.3Improving hydrologic literacy and the web  
Jim Washburne, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. Woodard, J. Luft, and K. Carpenter
4:00 PMJ2.4Integrating GLOBE Student Data Observations at NCDC in Climate Monitoring Activities  
Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and K. C. Chhak and W. M. Faas
4:15 PMJ2.5A Digital Library for Earth System Education  
Mary R. Marlino, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Manduca, D. Mogk, K. Ginger, D. Fulker, and T. Sumner
4:30 PMJ2.6The Technology Behind a Virtual Exploratorium: A Resource for Discovery-Based Learning in the Geosciences  
Daniel J. Bramer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and K. Hay, M. R. Marlino, D. Middleton, R. Pandya, M. Ramamurthy, T. Scheitlin, and B. Wilhelmson
 
5:00 PM, Monday
Oral Sessions end for the day
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
 
Tuesday, 16 January 2001
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday
Session 3 Special Session on Increasing Awareness of Meteorology and Oceanography through Popular and Informal Educational Activities
Organizers: Howard A. Friedman, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; Jon M. Nese, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA
8:30 AM3.1Stories my meteorologist told me: how journalists craft popular understanding of weather, oceans, and the sciences  
Jeffrey O. Rosenfeld, Weatherwise Magazine, El Cerrito, CA
9:00 AM3.2Balloons, Raindrops and Streaming Media: Meteorological Fun and Fact for All Ages  
Cynthia Schmidt, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Foster
9:15 AM3.3Increasing the Level of Scientific Outreach Through Television Weathercasts  
Dave Jones, NBC4 WRC-TV, Washington, DC
9:30 AM3.4Why the Public Should Care about the Mud at the Bottom of the Sea: Ocean  
Shelly M. Lauzon, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA
9:45 AM3.5Museum Education in Atmospheric and Oceanic Hazards  
Jon M. Nese, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday
Coffee Break
 
10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Tuesday
Exhibit Hours
 
10:30 AM-11:59 AM, Tuesday
Session 4 University Educational Initiatives (Part I)
Organizers: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
10:30 AM4.1Enhancing public awareness of climate through a COMET outreach project  
Julie Adolphson, NOAA/NWSFO, Syracuse, IN; and D. Vincent, A. Lese, S. Lashley, J. Giovannettone, B. O'Hara, T. Reaugh, G. Lamberty, and S. O'Connor
10:45 AM4.2Delivery of NWP Training Materials over the Internet  
Richard Cianflone, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiber-Abshire, W. Bua, and S. Jascourt
4.3Aviation meteorology: a new degree for industry  
Michael R. Witiw, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida
11:00 AM4.3AThe Jackson State University Meteorology Program's Role in Diversity in Atmospheric Science Research and Teaching: Current Success and New Initiatives (Formerly poster P1.3)  
Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
11:14 AM4.4The UltraViolet Impacts Network: Linking atmospheric education and health risk assessment  
Melanie A. Wetzel, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. Jenrow
11:29 AM4.5Sensible use of streaming video in a college-level course in applied climatology  
Joanne Logan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; and M. D. Mullen
11:44 AM4.6National Dissemination of Online Weather Studies: a college-level distance-learning course on the basics of meteorology  
Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and B. A. Blair, M. M. Ficek, R. S. Weinbeck, J. A. Brey, E. J. Hopkins, and J. M. Moran
 
12:15 PM, Tuesday
Annual Meeting Luncheon
12:15 PMDetails on Luncheon Speakers  
Jim Hartz and Rick Chappell
 
2:15 PM-3:45 PM, Tuesday
Session 5 University Educational Initiatives (Part II)
Organizers: Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
2:15 PM5.1"The Business of Weather": A seminar course designed to overcome a gap in the traditional meteorological curriculum  
Amanda S. Adams, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Samenow and G. J. Tripoli
2:30 PM5.2"Thunderstorms in a Box": Using the UW-NMS and VIS5D to aid students in the understanding of supercell thunderstorms  
Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli
2:45 PM5.3Creation of a Virtual Tornadic Thunderstorm: Enabling Student-Centered Learning about Complex Storm-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics  
Douglas N. Yarger, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus, C. Cruz-Neira, K. Meinert, and R. Heer
3:00 PM5.4Teaching atmospheric sciences: A graduate course  
Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. J. Wuebbles
3:15 PM5.5Using a Dynamical Atmospheric Model to Develop a Virtual Atmospheric Laboratory  
Glenn E. Van Knowe, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and K. R. Tyle, K. T. Waight, J. W. Zack, and J. T. Moore
3:30 PM5.6Using the virtual exploratorium to support inquiry-based learning in introductory geoscience courses: An ENSO example  
Rajul E. Pandya, West Chester University, West Chester, PA; and D. J. Bramer, K. E. Hay, M. R. Marlino, D. Middleton, M. K. Ramamurthy, T. Scheitlin, and R. B. Wilhelmson
 
3:30 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday
0a Exhibit Hours
 
3:45 PM, Tuesday
0a Symposium Ends
 
3:45 PM-4:15 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break
 
5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday
Grand Poster Night
 
Wednesday, 17 January 2001
8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday
President's Symposium
 
9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break
 
10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
President's Symposium Continued
 
6:00 PM, Wednesday
Reception (Cash Bar)
 
7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet
 
Thursday, 18 January 2001
5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
 
6:30 PM, Thursday
Closing Keynote Address
6:30 PMDetails on Closing Keynote Address  
J. M. Cousteau
 
7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Thursday
Fiesta
 

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