HR: 09:20h
AN: ED31B-06    [Abstracts]
TI: Education, Outreach, and Diversity Partnerships and Science Education Resources From the Center for Multi-scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes
AU: * Foster, S Q
EM: susanf@ucar.edu
AF: UCAR Office of Education and Outreach, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Randall, D
EM: randall@atmos.colostate.edu
AF: Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science, 1371 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371,
AU: Denning, S
EM: denning@atmos.colostate.edu
AF: Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science, 1371 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371,
AU: Jones, B
EM: bjones@lamar.colostate.edu
AF: Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science, 1371 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371,
AU: Russell, R
EM: rrussell@ucar.edu
AF: UCAR Office of Education and Outreach, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Gardiner, L
EM: lgardine@ucar.edu
AF: UCAR Office of Education and Outreach, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Hatheway, B
EM: hatheway@ucar.edu
AF: UCAR Office of Education and Outreach, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Johnson, R M
EM: rmjohnsn@ucar.edu
AF: UCAR Office of Education and Outreach, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Drossman, H
EM: Hdrossman@ColoradoCollege.edu
AF: Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903,
AU: Pandya, R
EM: pandya@ucar.edu
AF: UCAR Office of Education and Outreach, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Swartz, D
EM: dswartz@psdschools.org
AF: Poudre Valley School District, 2407 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521-2297,
AU: Lanting, J
EM: lantingj@thompson.k12.co.us>
AF: Thompson School District, 800 S. Taft Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537,
AU: Pitot, L
EM: lpitot@psdschools.org
AF: Poudre Valley School District, 2407 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521-2297,
AB: The need for improving the representation of cloud processes in climate models has been one of the most important limitations of the reliability of climate-change simulations. The new National Science Foundation- funded Center for Multi-scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP) at Colorado State University (CSU) is a major research program addressing this problem over the next five years through a revolutionary new approach to representing cloud processes on their native scales, including the cloud-scale interactions among the many physical and chemical processes that are active in cloud systems. At the end of its first year, CMMAP has established effective partnerships between scientists, students, and teachers to meet its goals to: (1) provide first-rate graduate education in atmospheric science; (2) recruit diverse undergraduates into graduate education and careers in climate science; and (3) develop, evaluate, and disseminate educational resources designed to inform K-12 students, teachers, and the general public about the nature of the climate system, global climate change, and career opportunities in climate science. This presentation will describe the partners, our challenges and successes, and measures of achievement involved in the integrated suite of programs launched in the first year. They include: (1) a new high school Colorado Climate Conference drawing prestigious climate scientists to speak to students, (2) a summer Weather and Climate Workshop at CSU and the National Center for Atmospheric Research introducing K-12 teachers to Earth system science and a rich toolkit of teaching materials, (3) a program from CSU's Little Shop of Physics reaching 50 schools and 20,000 K-12 students through the new "It's Up In the Air" program, (4) expanded content, imagery, and interactives on clouds, weather, climate, and modeling for students, teachers, and the public on The Windows to the Universe web site at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), (5) mentoring programs engaging diverse undergraduate and graduate level students in CMMAP research through UCAR's Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) Program, and (6) after school activities about clouds, climate and weather for underrepresented middle school students at the Catamount Institute. CMMAP is also enabling Windows to the Universe to continue its commitment to translate all new web pages into Spanish. This presentation will explain how resources emerging from CMMAP can be accessed and used by the entire Earth and Ocean Science educational outreach community.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 3300 ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting