Program: 12th Symposium on Education (83rd Annual)

12th Symposium on Education

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Saturday, 8 February 2003

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

SAT 8 FEB

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

Conference Registration*

Sunday, 9 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

SUN 9 FEB

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Conference Registration

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Poster Session 1

Poster Session: K-12, Popular and University Educational Initiatives

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Education

Organizers: Marianne C. Hayes, Pueblo del Sol Elementary School; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District

Papers:

P1.1

Investigating Vegetation Changes in Relation to Altitude and Environmental Factors Along Oliver and Clear Creeks in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area of the Big Horn Mountains

Molly P. Steele, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and M. S. Guo, J. M. Vrentas, and J. Greenberg

Poster PDF (896.0 kB)

P1.2

A Spatiotemporal Investigation of the Influences of Weather on the Hydrological Characteristics of a Montane Melt Water Environment

David Gibbons, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and J. Harding, N. Hutcheon, K. Nousek, E. Pierce, and B. S. Sandmeyer-Swails

Poster PDF (179.0 kB)

P1.3

The Surface Energy Budget of a Mountain Region

David Gibbons, State College Area High School, State College, PA; and M. S. Guo, E. J. Myers, and K. Tawse

Poster PDF (144.8 kB)

P1.4

The Influence of Meteorological and Geological Processes on the Formation, Development and Characteristics of Montane Lakes

Amy Drysdale, Knox Academy, Haddington, United Kingdom; and H. Ross, L. Ross, M. Shepherd, L. Downsbrough, and T. Menotti

http://

Poster PDF (337.7 kB)

P1.5

AMS' Education Program—A Decade of Success

Robert S. Weinbeck, State University of New York, College at Brockport, Brockport, NY; and I. W. Geer, D. R. Smith, J. M. Moran, E. J. Hopkins, E. W. Mills, and B. A. Blair

Poster PDF (23.5 kB)

P1.6

Getting CERES about the weather

Ann T. Kelly, Our Lady of Sorrows School, St. Louis, MO

P1.7

Incorportating Real-Time Data into the Classroom. The Digital GLOBE Project: Visualizing a Sustainable Future

John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ

Poster PDF (56.1 kB)

P1.8

A Chilling Educational Experience (Mt. Washington Winter Edu Trip)

Robert P. Wanton, NOAA/NWS, Mt. Holly, NJ; and W. J. Dyke, W. R. Huskin, and W. G. Vosburgh Jr.

Poster PDF (122.3 kB)

P1.9

NOAA's Teacher at Sea

Dana Lee Tomlinson, Emory Elementary School, Chula Vista, CA

P1.10

Teaching Oceanography in a K–6 Classroom

Linda J. Deal, Penn Manor School District, Lancaster, PA

Poster PDF (17.1 kB)

P1.11

DataStreme: Weather from the AMS to the classroom

Hector Ibarra, West Branch Middle School, Iowa City, IA; and W. Ray and J. Meyer

P1.12

Weather Education for Elementary and Middle School Teachers: Using AMS Education Materials as a Professional Development Tool

Rene' T. Carson, Little Rock School District, Little Rock, AR

Poster PDF (20.7 kB)

P1.13

A Follow-Up Study on National Weather Service K–12 Education and Outreach Programs

Eleanor Vallier-Talbot, NOAA/NWSFO, Taunton, MA; and W. T. Babcock

Poster PDF (297.7 kB)

P1.14

Earth2class: Template for Scientist-Teacher Interactions

Michael J. Passow, Columbia Univ., New York, NY and White Plains Middle School and Teachers College, White Plains, NY; and C. M. Assumpco, C. Bandeirantes, and F. D. Baggio

http://www.earth2class.org

Poster PDF (18.1 kB)

P1.15

"Wandering The Watershed": Real-Life WES Experiences

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

P1.16

Continuing WES in North Carolina

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

http://a:california

Poster PDF (9.6 kB)

P1.17

Bridging the Pacific Ocean: Using Oceanography to Make Cultural Connections

Beth A. Jewell, Fairfax County Public Schools, Springfield, VA

Poster PDF (48.5 kB)

P1.18

The University of Northern Iowa takes weather education by STORM

Claire Waites, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa; and C. Wolter

P1.19

The use of Live Event Learning to teach high school meteorology in the new millennium

Craig R. Wolter, AMS/AERA and Windom Area High School, Windom, MN

Poster PDF (83.9 kB)

P1.20

Techno-Meteorology: Educational Adventures in Cyberspace

Faye McCollum, Project Atmosphere/AERA and Muscogee County School District, Columbus, GA

Poster PDF (55.8 kB)

P1.21

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

Steve M. Carlson, AERA and Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR

Poster PDF (13.2 kB)

P1.22

An effort to "do science" rather than "teach about science" in the secondary school science classroom.

Alan D. Sills, Panther Academy, Little Falls, NJ

P1.23

Wet and Wild: the Ocean Atmosphere Interface. The Maury Project and WES: Teacher Enhancement Programs for the K-12 Classroom

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

P1.24

Oceanography in the Middle

Craig L. Croone, Northfield Middle School, Northfield, MN

P1.25

Retired K–12 Teachers as Active Agents for AMS Education Programs

Lawrence E. Greenleaf, AMS/AERA, Belfast, ME

Poster PDF (16.0 kB)

P1.26

Weathering the middle-school years: Using Web technology to make meteorology cool

Diane K. Fisher, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. Everson and N. J. Leon

P1.27

Analysis of a 30-Year Haines Index Climatology for the United States

Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and B. E. Potter

P1.28

Meteorology Education through Nature Centers

Sue Ellen Haupt, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and J. J. Barta

Poster PDF (226.0 kB)

P1.29

Partnering with Youth Groups on Meteorological and Environmental Education Issues

Kenneth H. Kirkwood, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and P. H. Whitfield

Poster PDF (106.6 kB)

P1.30

Integrating GIS and Applied Meteorology

Richard K. Snow, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and M. M. Snow

P1.31

Integrating GLOBE Student Data Observations at NCDC in Climate Monitoring Activities

Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. R. Ansari and W. M. Faas

Poster PDF (345.0 kB)

P1.32

Identifying students' alternate conceptions in meteorology

John Yoder, West Chester University, West Chester, PA; and R. Pandya

Poster PDF (62.7 kB)

P1.33

Involving students in authentic research through student-teacher-scientist partnerships

Tamara Shapiro Ledley, TERC, Cambridge, MA; and N. Haddad, J. Lockwood, and D. Brooks

http://essn.terc.edu

Poster PDF (475.7 kB)

P1.34

Primary and Secondary Maximum of the number of Asthma Attacks on the Territory of the City of Bitola, Macedonia

Blagojce Mickovski, WMO, Bitola, Macedonia

P1.35

Partnerships Help Save Lives

Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Lopes

P1.36

EX-Files is a web-based, multi-media educational template

P1.37

Virtual Meteorology: AMS Online Weather Studies

Aubrey Hartman, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA; and G. Fowler

P1.38

Meteorology in the US Virgin Islands

David J. Smith, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

P1.39

Introducing an Applied Meteorology Course at Prairie View A&M University

Brian Cudnik, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX

P1.40

Implementing Online Weather Studies Course at an HBCU: Case of Fayetteville State University

Adegoke Ademiluyi, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC; and R. Johnston

Poster PDF (8.6 kB)

P1.41

The Phase-Wise Infusion of AMS Online Weather Studies Materials in Hybrid Science Courses at Paine College, Augusta, GA

C. R. Nair, Paine College, Augusta, GA

P1.42

Breaking the Digital Divide with the AMS Online Meteorology Program

Anthony L. Selimo, Passaic County Community College, Patterson, NJ

P1.43

An Analysis of Enrollment, Technology Access, Organization, and Cultural Components in an Online Weather Studies Course at the University of North Dakota

Lloyd W. Mitchell, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and E. M. Klemisch

P1.44

AMS Online Weather Studies: Where Do I Begin?

M. Carol Walker, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

P1.45

Blackfeet Community College’s Air, Climate and Weather

Patricia Atkins, Blackfeet Community College, Browning, MT; and R. Keim

P1.46

ONLINE WEATHER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND EARTH SCIENCES AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

Harris E. Williams, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC

http://

P1.47

Online Weather Studies at California State University, Bakersfield

Jorge Talamantes, California State University, Bakersfield, CA

P1.48

THE INTEGRATION OF AMS' ONLINE WEATHER STUDIES IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM

Richard L. Myers, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK

P1.49

Teaching Aviation Students Weather Using Online Weather Studies

Polly D. Steenhagen, Delaware State University, Dover, DE

P1.50

Scientific Principles Of Weather And Climate

Valentina S. David, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL

P1.51

Online Weather Studies in the Caribbean

Louis Pérez, University of Puerto Rico, Cayey, Puerto Rico

P1.52

Online Weather Studies at the Southeast College Of HCCS

Cheng Ting, Southeast College, Houston, TX; and T. Ting

P1.53

Online Weather Studies at Talladega College

Charlie M. Stinson Jr., Talladega College, Talladega, AL

Monday, 10 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

MON 10 FEB

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Conference Registration (continues through Thursday, 13 February)

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

K–12 Educational Initiatives

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Education

Organizers: Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program

Dana Lee Tomlinson, Emory Elementary School, Chula Vista, CA

8:45 AM

1.2

School Superintendents' Use of Weather Information

Alan C. Czarnetzki, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

http://www.uni.edu/storm

Poster PDF (32.4 kB)

9:00 AM

1.3

Air Quality Education in the Classroom

Michael C. Howe, MSC, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Poster PDF (103.1 kB)

9:15 AM

1.4

The NCAR Geosciences Education Workshop on Climate and Global Change: Enhancing Teachers' Perspectives of Earth System Science

Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Henderson, D. R. Smith, S. Q. Foster, D. F. Mastie, and P. O. Pennington IV

9:30 AM

1.5

AMS Educational Projects in Baja California Sur, Mexico "Reaching out Rural Communites of difficult access or with a migrant population"

Sandra Robles-Gil, Comisión Nacional del Agua, La Paz, BSC, Mexico; and E. Hamilton-Velez

Poster PDF (82.9 kB)

9:45 AM

1.6

The Digital Water Library Project (DWEL): A NSDL K–12 Collection

John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ; and B. Aivazian

Poster PDF (29.5 kB)

10:00 AM

1.0A

Introductory Remarks

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Education

Organizer: Jon M. Nese, The Weather Channel

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm Museum Exhibit

Cheryl D. McCallum, The Children's Museum of Houston, Houston, TX

11:15 AM

2.2

The Hall of Planet Earth at the American Museum of Natural History as an educational resource

Edmond A. Mathez, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

11:45 AM

2.3

Oceans of Opportunity

John McCord, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Special Session on Water and the Water Cycle: Part I

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Education

Organizers: David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy; Soroosh Sorooshian, University of Arizona

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Water in the West—Educating for Change

Judith G. Maben, Water Education Foundation, Sacramento, CA; and S. McClurg

2:00 PM

3.2

SAHRA Hydrologic Literacy Education Programs

James C. Washburne, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. Woodard and S. Sorooshian

2:15 PM

3.3

GLOBE Soil Moisture Measurement Campaigns: Toward school-based validation of satellite measurements and model predictions

Martha P. L. Whitaker, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and B. Nijssen, J. Washburne, and T. P. A. Ferré

Poster PDF (120.0 kB)

2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 2

University and Professional Initiatives

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Education

Organizers: Paul Croft, Univ. of Lousiana at Monroe; Mohan K. Ramamurthy, University of Illinois

Papers:

P2.1

Two new undergraduate earth science web modules in air-sea interactions

Pedro Ramirez, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and S. LaDochy and R. Medina

http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/sladoch/web_page2/home_test.htm

Poster PDF (891.2 kB)

P2.2

An undergraduate perspectives course on the history of meteorology

Sepideh Yalda, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Poster PDF (11.4 kB)

P2.3

AMS Online Weather Studies for dynamic online and live classroom environments

Virginia M. Ragan, Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City, MO

Poster PDF (59.8 kB)

P2.4

Assessment of Interactive, Hands-On Meteorology Exercises in a Course for Undergraduate Non-Majors

Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. B. Avilés and L. Di Girolamo

http://uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu/~charlevo/home/

Poster PDF (116.4 kB)

P2.5

Encouraging student involvement through use of basic probability forecasting games

Steven B. Newman, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Poster PDF (199.0 kB)

P2.6

Weather on the Web Using Wx-Portal

Cecil Keen, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and D. Christensen

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P2.7

Visualizing Weather in the Classroom

Cecil Keen, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and D. Christensen

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P2.8

Student learning in the visual geophysical exploration environment: Ideas for using inquiry-based curricula

Rajul Pandya, DLESE Program Center, Boulder, CO; and J. Yoder, C. Contrisciane, and C. Seider

http://www.dlese.org/vgee

Poster PDF (128.7 kB)

P2.9

Landform Recognition from the Air: Enhancing Pedagogy of Weathering Processes

Mary M. Snow, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and R. K. Snow

P2.10

The Weather and Climate Laboratory: an experiment in teaching rotating fluids to undergraduates at MIT

John Marshall, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and L. Illari

P2.11

Applied agricultural meteorology in an on-line master's program: four years of experience

P2.12

Implementing a Learning Management System in the National Weather Service

LeRoy Spayd Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

P2.13

The Userport Website: Building a community of polar satellite users

Sherwood Wang, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and P. Dills, A. Mostek, T. Spangler, J. Lamos, and P. Parrish

P2.14

Revolutionizing Naval Meteorology Training

Don T. Conlee, U.S. Navy, Keesler AFB, MS; and W. Schreiber-Abshire, C. B. Miles Jr., K. G. Blackwell, T. F. Lee, A. G. Carroll, D. E. Williams, and D. R. Moreau

Poster PDF (161.9 kB)

P2.15

NOAA NWS OCWWS Training Program in Climate

Marina M. Timofeyeva, UCAR and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Weickmann, M. Newman, D. Kann, E. O’Lenic, J. Adolphson, R. Livezey, and L. Spayd

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Special Session on Water and the Water Cycle: Part II

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Education

Organizers: David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy; Soroosh Sorooshian, University of Arizona

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

CoCo RaHS (Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study)—Observing the water cycle in your own community

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

Poster PDF (375.1 kB)

4:15 PM

4.2

The Sombrero Marsh environmental education partnership: a model for best practice in Earth science education

Lesley K. Smith, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Buhr and S. Avery

Poster PDF (158.7 kB)

4:30 PM

4.3

Water in the Earth System (WES): A Midterm Evaluation of a Distance Learning Course on the Water Cycle

Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and J. M. Moran, D. R. Smith, R. S. Weinbeck, E. J. Hopkins, and B. A. Blair

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES

Poster PDF (15.9 kB)

4:45 PM

4.4

NASA Earth Science Enterprise Education Program and Water Cycle Activities

Blanche W. Meeson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. D. Entwistle and C. S. Evans

5:00 PM

4.5

Educational Outreach of the Aqua Spacecraft Mission

Claire L. Parkinson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. M. Graham, S. Dacey, and K. Bender

http://aqua.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (585.0 kB)

5:15 PM

4.6

Translation and Transparency: Communicating Hydrologic Information

Shripad D. Deo, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Sessions End for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Tuesday, 11 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

TUE 11 FEB

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Joint Session 1

Emergence of Digital Libraries in Education (Joint between 12th Symposium on Education and 19th International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Education; and the 19th Conference on IIPS )

Organizers: Rajul Pandya, West Chester Univ.; Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1.1

NSF and the Digital Libraries

Margaret Leinen, NSF, Arlington, VA

8:45 AM

J1.2

DLESE in the Context of Cyberinfrastructure

Clifford A. Jacobs, NSF, Arlington, VA

9:00 AM

J1.3

Initial Release of NSDL

David W. Fulker, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (61.3 kB)

9:15 AM

J1.4

Reviewed Collections and Collections-Building in the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)

Kathryn M. Ginger, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. R. Marlino

http://www.dlese.org

Poster PDF (22.7 kB)

9:30 AM

J1.4a

Concluding Remarks

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Joint Poster Session 1

Emergence of Digital Libraries (Joint between 12th Symposium on Education and 19th International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorlogy, Oceanography, and Hydrology)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Education; and the 19th Conference on IIPS )

Papers:

JP1.1

Developing Interactive Models to Support a Digital Collection of Earth System Science Resources

Daniel J. Bramer, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. J. Charlevoix, G. M. McFarquhar, R. L. Herman, L. B. Avilés, L. Di Girolamo, M. K. Ramamurthy, and R. B. Wilhelmson

http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/courses/atmos100/index.html

Poster PDF (532.6 kB)

JP1.2

Easy web access to a variety of archived meteorological data

James P. Koermer, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

JP1.3

The DLESE Evaluation Toolkit project

Susan M. Buhr, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. J. Barker, M. Marlino, and J. Mangan

Poster PDF (90.0 kB)

JP1.4

Visualizing digital library data resources with Unidata's Integrated Data Viewer

Donald R. Murray, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO

http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/software/metapps

Poster PDF (9.6 kB)

JP1.5

The Visual Geophysical Exploration Environment: A Scientific Tool-Kit for Learners

Rajul Pandya, DLESE Program Center, Boulder, CO; and D. Bramer, R. Deardorf, D. Elliott, K. E. Hay, M. Marlino, D. Middleton, M. Ramamurthy, T. Scheitlin, M. Weingroff, and R. Wilhelmson

http://www.dlese.org/vgee

Poster PDF (326.0 kB)

JP1.6

Interactive applets for atmospheric sciences

Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman

JP1.7

Cooperating Network of Community Data Servers as Prelude to THREDDS

Tom Yoksas, UCAR, Boulder, CO

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Joint Session 2

Emergence of Digital Libraries in Education: Part II (Joint between 12th Symposium on Education and 19th International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Education; and the 19th Conference on IIPS )

Organizers: Rajul Pandya, West Chester Univ.; Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata

Papers:

11:00 AM

J2.1

Integrating Real-time Environmental Data and Analysis Tools into Educational Digital Libraries: Two Approaches

Ben Domenico, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Caron, E. Davis, R. Kambic, and S. Nativi

11:15 AM

J2.2

The COMET^® Multimedia Database and Its Use in Digital Libraries

Timothy C. Spangler, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. L. Smith and S. A. Drake

Poster PDF (755.2 kB)

11:30 AM

J2.3

Using Digital Libraries to Teach Oceanography

Robert Stewart, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Poster PDF (62.7 kB)

11:45 AM

J2.4

Building and Growing NASA’s JOINed Digital Library for Science Education (JDL)

Shelley Olds, NASA/SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. W. Meeson

12:00 PM

J2.5

The Digital Water Education Library: Investigating the Science, Economics, and Politics of Water in Grades K–12

Edward E. Geary, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and B. L. Aivazian, S. W. Ireton, T. Sumner, and M. Khoo

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

University Educational Initiatives

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Education

Organizers: Paul Croft, Univ. of Lousiana at Monroe; Mohan K. Ramamurthy, University of Illinois

Papers:

1:30 PM

5.1

Chemistry of the Atmosphere: A student-centered undergraduate learning experience

Richard D. Clark, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and S. Yalda

Poster PDF (152.8 kB)

1:45 PM

5.2

Development of In-Class Exercises to Accompany Interactive, Hands-On Meteorology for Undergraduate Non-Majors

Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. Herman, L. Di Girolamo, and G. M. McFarquhar

Poster PDF (296.4 kB)

2:00 PM

5.3

Online dialog: What if you build it and they don’t come?

Eugene S. Takle, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and E. K. Sorensen and D. Herzmann

Poster PDF (164.4 kB)

2:15 PM

5.4

Assessing the value of multimedia to learning in survey-level atmospheric science courses

Perry Samson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2:30 PM

5.5

New approaches to meteorology education: the 2002 COMET Workshop for University Faculty

Douglas Yarger, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and B. Wilson, G. Byrd, P. Parrish, and J. Lamos

Poster PDF (110.7 kB)

2:45 PM

5.6

NCAR summer undergraduate leadership workshop interests students in research and careers in the sciences

Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Barnes, K. K. Droegemeier, S. Henderson, R. M. Johnson, and R. Munoz

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–6:30P.M.)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

University Educational Initiatives: Continued

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Education

Papers:

3:30 PM

5.7

The Atmosphere: An introductory Web-based meteorology course

Sepideh Yalda, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. D. Clark

3:45 PM

5.8

Using a weather center to tutor, educate, advise, and excite

Richard C. Bagby, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and C. G. Herbster and R. K. Snow

4:00 PM

5.9

Forecasting support for the summer 2002 New England Air Quality Study (NEAQS) campaign by an undergraduate program

James P. Koermer, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and J. Zabransky Jr., E. G. Hoffman, and W. Angevine

Poster PDF (124.0 kB)

4:15 PM

5.10

Graduate field training in atmospheric measurements

Melanie A. Wetzel, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. D. Borys and D. R. Lowenthal

Poster PDF (268.9 kB)

4:30 PM

5.11

The Benefits of a Nine Year Partnership between the National Weather Service and Penn State University

Richard H. Grumm, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA; and P. Knight and J. Diercks

Poster PDF (157.1 kB)

4:45 PM

5.12

College and university Earth system science education in the 21^st century (ESSE 21)

Donald R. Johnson, Univ. Space Research Assoc., Columbia, MD; and M. Ruzek

http://esse21.usra.edu

Poster PDF (600.9 kB)

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Symposium Ends

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Special Address. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC

Wednesday, 12 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

WED 12 FEB

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Coffee Break in the Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Level, Promenade

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson

1:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Exhibit Hours: 1:30–7:30P.M.

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

THUR 13 FEB

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson

1:30 PM-6:30 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Exhibit Hours: 1:30–6:00P.M.

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Simpsons Banquet

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific

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