Session: University Outreach Activities and K-12 Educational Initatives (2002 Annual)

P1.1

Plans of Action: Enhancing Public Awareness of Meteorology Though AMS Local Weather Resource Teachers

Steve M. Carlson, AMS/Project Atmosphere and Datastreme, Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR

P1.2

Earth Systems Science Celebrations at Sandstone Middle School

Steve M. Carlson, AMS/Project Atmosphere and Datastreme, and Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR

P1.3

Piloting WES in North Carolina

Frankie C. Vann, Lakewood High School, Salemburg, NC

Poster PDF (2.3 kB)

P1.4

Oceanography in the Middle

Craig L. Croone, AMS/Maury Project, Northfield, MN

P1.5

Simple Statistics For Science Fair Weather Projects

William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. E. Harms

Poster PDF (152.9 kB)

P1.6

Ocean Planet- We all Share the Same Water

Beth A. Jewell, West Springfield High School, Burke, VA

P1.7

Networking in New York: The Growth of Weather Resource Teachers in the Capital District

Carol A. Hildreth, AMS/AERA and Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park, NY

P1.8

The National Climatic Data Center's History, Outreach Program and Activities for Educators

Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

P1.9

New training activities within the NWS

LeRoy Spayd, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Poster PDF (13.9 kB)

P1.10

StormReady! Developing Educational Iniatiatives for NJ Hurricane Preparedness

John D. Moore, AMS/AERA, Blackwood, NJ; and R. P. Wanton and K. Orr

P1.11

Learning Experiences at the Top (of Mt. Washington)

John D. Moore, AMS/AERA, Blackwood, NJ; and R. P. Wanton

P1.12

The invasion of the comb jellies - a collaborative research project employing physical oceanography lessons learned from the Maury Project.

Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI

P1.13

The Evolution of K-12 Atmospheric Education in America's Schools

Faye McCollum, Project Atmosphere and AMS/AERA, Columbus, Georgia

P1.14

METNET: Using real-time local weather data in earth science classes in New York City

Shermane Austin, City College of New York, New York, NY; and S. D. Gedzelman, S. Richards, and B. Friedman

P1.15

District Eleven Earth and Weather Study Program

Steven J. Richards, Northeast Bronx Weather Station, Bronx, NY

Poster PDF (98.8 kB)

P1.16

Activating Your School’s Tornado Emergency Plan: Are You Ready for the Unexpected?

Andrea Dawn Melvin, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel

Poster PDF (19.1 kB)

P1.17

Florida Leadership Institute in Environmental Science (FLIES): Implementing GLOBE across Florida

Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and W. R. Lusher

Poster PDF (12.4 kB)

P1.18

10 Years of Weather Satellite Imagery Support for K-12 Schools

William R. Lusher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. H. Ruscher

Poster PDF (53.4 kB)

P1.19

Application of inquiry methods in student's original research projects

Missy Holzer, Chatham High School and Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ

Poster PDF (16.7 kB)

P1.20

Educational opportunities in weather and climate for NJ classrooms

Christopher Duvall, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and M. Holzer and D. A. Robinson

Poster PDF (15.8 kB)

P1.21

Weather Edutainment on the Web: The Southeast Regional Climate Center's outreach program

Sean Potter, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Columbia, SC

http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sercc

Poster PDF (665.2 kB)

P1.22

Junior Engineering and Science Conference

Sue Ellen Haupt, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and R. L. Haupt

Poster PDF (12.5 kB)

P1.23

Introducing WES to the Garden and Empire States

Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School and Columbia Univ., White Plains, NY; and C. Murphy and W. D. Blanchard

Poster PDF (19.7 kB)

P1.24

Earth2Class: bringing together teachers, scientists, and science

Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School and Columbia Univ., White Plains, NY; and C. Assumpcao, F. Baggio, and K. Corder

http://www.earth2class.org

Poster PDF (31.3 kB)

P1.25

Paper Moved to Session 4, New Paper Number 4.11A

P1.26

The Weather Notebook in the Classroom

Bryan Yeaton, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH

P1.27

Image processing in introductory survey courses in Astronomy and Meteorology

Henry W. Robinson, Montgomery College, Germantown, MD

Poster PDF (121.9 kB)

P1.28

Getting CERES About the Weather

Ann Kelly, AMS/Maury Project and Our Lady of Sorrows School, St. Louis, MO

P1.29

Undergraduates as Researchers, the Classroom Experience

Kenneth F. Dewey, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

P1.30

Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Study Hurricane Cases

Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and P. J. Croft, R. S. Reddy, S. Ziegeler, and R. J. Moorhead

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P1.31

Hpvci—Distance education initiative and efforts

Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy, L. White, and R. Mahecha

P1.32

Educational Opportunities from the Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study (CoCo RaHS)

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

P1.33

The Columbia (MO) heat island experiment or "COHIX"

Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. S. Market, F. A. Akyuz, P. Guinan, J. E. Lam, A. M. Oehl, and W. C. Maune

Poster PDF (51.1 kB)

P1.34

Microburst Recognition for Meteorologists and Aviators

Mary M. Snow, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

P1.35

Education of Prospective Weather Entrepreneurs

Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC

P1.36

Forecaster's training to improve synoptic meteorology practice in Météo-France

Patrick Santurette, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. Coiffier

Poster PDF (185.3 kB)

P1.37

A Method of Formative Evaluation Necessary for Efficient Learning

P1.38

What About Water? The Maury Project and WES: Teacher Enhancement Programs for the K-12 Classroom

Debra S. Brice, San Marcos Unified School District, San Marcos, CA

P1.39

LIGHTNING STATISTICS - Some New Perspectives concerning Florida

H. Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Rockville, MD; and E. Hay

P1.40

Rayito El Cazahuracán: "Little Lightning, The Hurricane Hunter"

Ada Monzon, WeatherTech, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico

P1.41

Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA)

Theresa G. Schwerin, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Arlington, VA

P1.42

Educational use of the NCAR Integrated Sounding System

Stephen A. Cohen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown

P1.43

The Mount Washington Observatory: Home Of The Worlds Worst Weather

Charlie Lopresti, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH

P1.44

The CIRES Outreach Program: Involving Research Scientists in K–16 Education

Susan M. Buhr, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Poster Session 1: University Outreach Activities and K-12 Educational Initatives