Project ATMOSPHERE: Sensing, Analyzing, and Forecasting

AMS/NOAA Workshop for Master Precollege Teachers of Atmospheric Sciences Topics

July 14 - 26, 2013

National Weather Service Training Center, Kansas City, Missouri

July 14 - 26, 2013. Application Closing date March 31, 2013

This AMS/NOAA Workshop is designed for master precollege teachers and supervisors of science who teach or supervise the teaching of significant weather units.  The Workshop is intended to (a)  introduce master teachers to the latest technologies and techniques for sensing, analyzing, and forecasting weather, (b) explore and suggest ways in which the products of these technologies and techniques can be employed in school studies of the atmospheric environment, and (c) prepare workshop attendees to conduct training sessions on selected atmospheric science topics for teachers in their home areas during the next school year and possibly participate in DataStreme Atmosphere Local Implementation Teams.

Each participant will become acquainted with a variety of atmospheric science instructional and resource materials, including teacher's guides, hands-on activities and Internet-delivered weather information.  These materials are being made available for use in teacher training sessions, although many can be employed in appropriate precollege classroom situations.

1. Demonstrate the acquisition of updated knowledge concerning the sensing, analysis and prediction of atmospheric conditions.
2. Show evidence of being able to interpret and analyze weather information acquired through direct and remote sensing of the environment.
3. Exhibit understanding of major weather systems and features, especially those that bring on hazardous conditions.
4. Indicate how they intend to promote weather education in their home areas by peer training fellow teachers, especially those who teach students who are members of groups under-represented in the sciences.

The workshop will be held at the U.S. National Weather Service Training Center in Kansas City, Missouri.  The intensive two-week workshop will include lectures, tutorials, seminars, hands-on laboratory exercises, and field trips.  National Weather Service and other NOAA personnel will present a variety of topics dealing with the sensing, analyzing, and forecasting of weather.  Their presentations will be articulated with science content and weather education presentations led by workshop faculty.

• Surface and Upper-Air Observations and Analysis
• Radar Imagery Interpretation
• Satellite Imagery Interpretation
• Weather Forecasting
• Thunderstorms and Severe Storms
• Hurricanes
• Global Climate Change

Time will also be devoted to discussions regarding the teaching of weather and the dissemination of weather information.

Formal workshop activity will extend from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.  A Saturday, July 20th, field trip is planned. Sunday, July 21st will be free.

Workshop Faculty:

• James A. Brey, Workshop Co-Director, Director, Education Program, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC
• Robert S. Weinbeck, Workshop Co-Director, Associate Professor, Department of the Earth Sciences, State University of New York - Brockport; Associate Director, AMS Education Program
• Joseph M. Moran, Professor Emeritus, College of Environmental Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, WI; Associate Director, AMS Education Program

Past Presenters:

• John L. Hayes, Director, National Weather Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
• Louis W. Uccellini, Director, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, Washington, DC
• Bill Read, Director, Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service, Miami, FL
• Joseph T. Schaefer, Director, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service, Norman, OK
• Ronald Przyblinski, National Weather Service Forecast Office, St. Louis, MO
• Jerry M. Griffin, Master Instructor, Forecast Operations Programs, NWSTC, Kansas City, MO

The National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC) will host the Workshop.  NWSTC is one of the best equipped meteorological training facilities in the world.  It has computerized weather information systems found in NWS forecast offices, satellite and weather radar display systems, and a meteorology laboratory.  The Center is complete with classrooms, laboratories, and a full staff of instructors and support personnel.  NWSTC is collocated with the NWS Central Region Headquarters and the NWS Aviation Weather Center which is responsible for commercial and private aviation forecasting for the entire United States. The NWS forecast office in Topeka, KS will be site of a workshop field trip.  A hydrology and geology fieldtrip will be conducted on Saturday, July 20th.

Applications are invited from master teachers and supervisors of precollege science who can provide evidence they:

1. Have had sufficient college-level training to profit from the material presented.
2. Teach, or supervise the instruction of, significant units in which weather-related materials are or can be included.
3. Have demonstrated leadership in teaching, curriculum development, and/or the in-service training of fellow teachers.
4. Will be able to promote weather education in their home areas and states subsequent to Workshop participation by arranging and conducting a minimum of two training sessions for precollege teachers.

Participants will be selected to provide a national geographic distribution and a cross-section of school environments—inner city, urban, suburban, and rural. Teachers who are members of groups underrepresented in the sciences and/or teach (or will peer train teachers who teach) significant numbers of precollege students who are members of groups underrepresented in the sciences are especially encouraged to apply.

All communications concerning the workshop and applications should be sent to:

All completed applications should be postmarked by March 31, 2013, although later submission will be considered if workshop vacancies exist. Initial notification of workshop awards and alternates will be made by letter in April 2013.

In selecting individuals for participation and otherwise in the administration of this workshop, the AMS will not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, and status as a Vietnam Era or disabled veteran.

Participants may earn three semester hours of graduate credit in ESC 671 Selected Weather Topics through the State University of New York College at Brockport, upon satisfactory completion of the workshop and the submission of a follow-up report of their weather education activities. Credit will be awarded at the end of the Fall 2013 semester and may be applied to the Master of Science in Education degree at SUNY Brockport.

• Stipend of $600
• Single hotel room for twelve nights at no cost to the participant
• Food and incidentals allowance of $350
• Air travel (or land travel equivalent) for one round trip between home and Kansas City
• Instructional and laboratory supplies
• Free tuition
• A set of instructional materials

Participants will be expected to stay in hotel accommodations arranged by the AMS as the Workshop will be intensive and will involve several evening meetings.  Informal interaction among participants will be an integral component of the workshop.

Participants will be encouraged to attend without families if their presence is likely to detract from full participation. No support is provided for dependents.

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