Session 5 University Educational Initiatives (Part II)

Tuesday, 16 January 2001: 2:15 PM-3:45 PM
Host: 10th Symposium on Education
Organizers:
Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson, MS and Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Univ. of Illinois, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL

Papers:
2:15 PM
5.1
"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 PM
5.2
"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 PM
5.3
Creation 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 Jr., C. Cruz-Neira, K. Meinert, and R. Heer

3:00 PM
5.4
Teaching atmospheric sciences: A graduate course
Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. J. Wuebbles

3:15 PM
5.5
Using 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 III, J. W. Zack, and J. T. Moore

3:30 PM
5.6
Using 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

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