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Ed 396 963 Title Institution Spons Agency Pub Date Note DOCUMENT RESUME ED 396 963 SE 058 720 TITLE Symposium on Education (4th, Dallas, Texas, January 15-20, 1995). INSTITUTION American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass. SPONS AGENCY World Meteorological Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). PUB DATE Jan 95 NOTE 257p.; A few pages contain light type that may not reproduce well. AVAILABLE FROM American Meteorological Society, 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108. Pl. TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Climate; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; *Meteorology; *Oceanography; Research Projects; *Science Curriculum; Weather ABSTRACT The theme of this symposium was "Opening the Doors to the Future: Education in the Classroom and Beyond." Presentations, both oral and poster, are devoted to both K-12 and university educational issues in meteorological and oceanographic education. Oral presentations include: (I) "The Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric Science-Revision of the 1987 AMS Statement" (Phillip Smith, S. Businger, E. Pani, and J. Zebransky); (2) "Meteorology's Educational Dilemma" (Paul Croft and M. Binkley);(3) "Involvement of Undergraduate Meteorology Students in Faculty Research Projects" (Gregory Byrd, R. Peinback, R. Ballentine, A. Stamm, and E. Chermack);(4) "Creating and Maintaining Enthusiasm for the Undergraduate Major" (Dayton Vincent and P. Smith);(5) "Weather Education at the Introductory College Level"( Robert Weinback and I. Greer);(6) "Weather and Life: A Cognitive Apprenticeship in Personalized Multidisciplinary Problem Solving" (Paul Croft and M. Tessmer);(7) "New Meteorology Program at the U.S. Air Force Academy Integrates Comet Multimedia and Computer Weather Lab into Undergraduate Curriculum" (Thomas Koehler, K. Blackwell, D. Knipp, B. Heckman); (8) "Integration of Interactive Multimedia into the Meteorology Curriculum at the United States Air Force Academy" (Delores Knipp and B. Heckman);(9) "A Survey of the Use of COMET's(R) Forecaster's Multimedia Library in the Academic Community" (Brian Heckman); (10) "Symbolic Manipulators in the Classroom: Using Student Research Topics in Oceanography and Meteorology to Enhance Teaching/Learning of Advanced Mathematics" (Reza Malek-Madani, D. Smith, and C. Gunderson);(11) "Classroom Applications of Interactive Meteorological Visualization" (Michael Biggerstaff and J. Nielsen-Gammon). The poster presentations include topics of interest for both K-12 and university educators. Two joint sessions focused on K-12 educational programs and new technologies for the classroom. The joint session with the llth Conf:erence on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology included demonstrations of hardware and software systems designed to enhance meteorological and oceanographic education. Contains an . author index. (JRH) PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRA TED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) r1:771 OVERVIEW GLOBE EXPERUISENTS 4 PARTNER SCHOOLS J4 :REFERENCE MAP , ..si . MOTION TOPO TEMP W.IND A.MLR1CAN FLOROIA.),GIC 11. S()(:11 III Publications of the American Meteorological Society MIMUMIMMIMM.M.11-M.1111 JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES (ISSN 0022-4928), Vol. 52, 1995. Semi-monthly. Original research papers related to the atmospheres of the earth and other planets with emphasis on the quantitative and deductive aspects of the physics and dynamics of atmospheric processes and phenomena. $355 JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY (ISSN 0894-8763), Vol. 34, 1995. Monthly. Original papers and critical surveys concerned with the applications of the atmospheric sciences to operational and practical goals. Its editorial scope encompasses the full range of applications of meteorology to safety, health, industry, the economy, and general well-being of the human community $215 JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (ISSN 022-3670), Vol. 25, 1995. Monthly. Original research and survey papers devoted to the communication of knowledge concerning the physics and chemistry of the oceans and of the processes coupling the sea to the atmosphere. Papers will deal with the theoretical and observational aspects of topics such as: ocean circulation, surface waves, internal waves, inertial oscillations, oceanic turbulence, interpretive regional studies, oceanic tides, and other long-wave phenomena. $255 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW (ISSN 0027-0644), Vol. 123, 1995. Monthly. Original research and survey papers concerned with weather analysis and forecasting (non-operational); observed and modeled circulations including techniques development and verification studies, and seasonal-anneal weather summaries. $335 JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY (ISSN 0739-0572), Vol. 12, 1995. Bimonthly. Original research and survey papers related to instrument-system descriptions, exploratory measurement techniques, calibration methods, and performance analyses for the ma'. istream of atmospheric and oceanic technology, including the development of data-acquisition hardware, real-time and post analysis software, and signal-processing techniques. $135 WEATHER AND FORECASTING (ISSN 0882-8156), Vol..0, 1995. Quarterly. Original research and survey papers immediately related to the operational forecasting or weather events significant to operational forecast problems including such topics as operational-forecasting techniques, applications of new analysis methods, forecasting-verification studies, and case studies with direct application to forecasting. $110 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE (ISSN 0094-8755), Vol. 8, 1995. Monthly. Articles concerned with climate data and analysis, long- term atmospheric variability (seasonal, interannual), climate change and prediction on seasonal and longer time scales, and the impacts of climate change on society. $210 BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (ISSN 0003-0007), Vol. 76, 1995. Monthly. The official organ of the society, devoted to editorials, topical reports to members, articles, professienal and membership news, conference announcements, programs, and summaries, book reviews, and society activities. $60 METEOROLOGICAL & GEOASTROPHYSICAL ABSTRACTS (ISSN 00'46-1130), Vol. 46, 1995. Monthly. Abstracts of current world literature in meteorology, climatology, aeronomy, planetary atmospheres, solar-terresirial relations, hydrology, oceanography, glaciology, cosmic rays, and radioastronomy. The abstracts of books, articles, and reprints are arranged by subject categories with extensive cross-referencing. Monthly author, subject, and geographical indexes. MGA subscription includes yearly cumulative index. All inquiries for MGA and MGA's computerized database should be directed to Infolonics, 550 Newtown Rd, Box 458, Littleton, MA 01460. $985 Member prices may be obtained by calling AMS at (617) 227-2425, ext. 246 or ext. 214. Please send prepaid orders to: Publications Department, American Meteorological Society, 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108-3693. Subscriptions include postage and handling, and are accepted on a calendar-year basis only. There Is an additictial charge of ", .10 for surface mail outside the U.S. ($20 for Weather and Forecasting and the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Tech. ology, $40 for the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences), and $90 tor airmail to all countries ($30 for Weather and Forecasting, $45 for the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, and $180 for the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences). Foreign subscription for MGA is $1010. The availability and prices of back Issues of AMS periodicals will be furnished upon request. BEST COPY AVAILABLE 3 FOURTH CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION January 15-20, 1995 Dallas, Texas Sponsored by American Meteorological Society Cosponsored by World Meteorological Organization Front Covor: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a new internationalenvironmental education program established earlier this year by Vice President Al Gore. Its objeotives are to increaseunderstanding of environmental issues among the children of the world and to collect observations important to environmentalscientists. Many schools participating in the GLOBE program will use the Multimedia GLOBE School DisplaySystem shown on the cover for classroom GLOBE activities. This system is being developed by NOAA'sForecast Systems Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.In addition to schools within the United States, over 100 other countries have formallyindicated a desire to participate in the GLOBE program. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or copied in any form orby any meansgraphic, electronic, or mechanical. Including photocopying, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems -- without the prior writtenpermission of the publisher. Contact AMS for permission pertaining to the overall collection. Authors retain their individual rights andshould be contacted directly for permission to use their material separately. The manuscripts reproduced herein are unrefereed papers presented at theFourth Conference on Education. Their appearance in thin collection does not constitute formal publication. AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 45 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts USA02108-3693 4 FOREWORD In 1992, the Board on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education (BSPMOE) and the Board on Meteorological and Oceanographic Education in Universities (BMOEU) jointly sponsored the First AMS Symposium on Education as part of the AMS Annual
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