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TI: The NCAR Modeling in the Geosciences Workshop for Middle and High School Educators
AU: * Johnson, R M
EM: rmjohnsn@ucar.edu
AF: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307
AU: Henderson, S
EM: sandrah@ucar.edu
AF: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307
AU: Snow, J T
EM: jsnow@gcn.ou.edu
AF: College of Geosciences, The University of Oklahoma, Sarkeys Energy Center, Suite 710 100 East Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019-0628
AU: Fitzpatrick, C
EM: cfitzpatrick@esri.com
AF: ESRI, 880 Blue Gentian Rd, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN 55121-1596
AB: The National Center for Atmospheric Research initiated a new workshop, "Modeling in the Geosciences," in the summer of 2003 with support from the NASA-funded Earth System Modeling Framework Project. This multi-part, multi-year effort, introduced 20 middle and high school educators from across the country to models and the modeling process. The workshop focused on what models are, how scientists use models in their research, and how models can be used for engaging, inquiry-based education in the middle and high school science classroom. Teachers received training on STELLA and ArcView software during the two-week workshop, as well as hands-on activities and demonstrations that illustrate concepts in modeling. Topical areas of emphasis for the workshop included the water cycle, the carbon cycle, population dynamics, and Earth energy balance. Participants are required to develop a unit for use in their own classrooms, based on the resources provided in the workshop, and to report back to the group through extension workshops this fall (facilitated on-line) and in the spring of 2004 (at the National Science Teachers Association Meeting in Atlanta, GA). In addition, participants were provided STELLA and ArcView site licenses for their schools, and are required to provide training to 40 educators per year based on the resources provided to them during the workshop.
UR: http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/mgw/index.html
DE: 3367 Theoretical modeling
DE: 6319 Institutions
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting