Robert S. Weinbeck

Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences through National Dissemination of the AMS Online Weather Studies Distance Learning Course

AFFILIATIONS: GEER, MILLS, AND MORAN—American Meteorological Society, Washington, D.C.; WEINBECK—State University of New York, College at Brockport, Brockport, New York; PORTER—Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, North Carolina; HARRIS—North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina; BREY— University of Wisconsin—Fox Valley, Menasha, Wisconsin CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Elizabeth W. Mills, American Meteorological Society, 1120 G Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005 E-mail: mills@dc.ametsoc.org DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-1-37

Sunspot numbers and area-weighted united states monthly temperature and precipitation

Spectral analyses were made of derived area-index series of areas subject to extreme temperatures and precipitation as well as cross-spectral analyses of the area-index series with double sunspot cycle (Zurich) numbers. Superposed epoch analyses also were made of area-index series versus various double-sunspot cycle phases. Area series for wet and dry Junes, warm Junes, defined June drought, and warm Januaries all show statistically significant double sunspot cycle (∼21 year) periodicities. The 21-year cycle of above-normal June precipitation is most striking and has not received previous recognition.

The AMS DataStreme Earth's Climate System Teacher Professional Development Course: Results from a Three-Year Study

ABSTRACT The DataStreme Earths Climate System (DataStreme ECS) course implementation has been built on 20 years of American Meteorological Society (AMS) in-service K–12 teacher professional development experience, and is supported by educational research. Using the Targeting Outcomes of Programs model, DataStreme ECS was evaluated over a three-year, six-semester (spring 2011–fall 2013) study period through content and pedagogical focused pre- and posttests, a postcourse assessment, and an environmental literacy evaluation. During the NASA and NSF-supported study period the course prepared 1,027 teachers, via 25 Local Implementation Teams serving 35 states, to lead and assist their students and peers in understanding climate and global change issues. Notable evaluation results include an average 28% grade increase for teacher participants from pre- to posttest, as well as an average of 98% of participants reporting that their environmental literacy had increased (some or much) as a result of the course. There was a 99% completion rate for registered participants, demonstrating the value teachers placed on the course. Additionally, in a spring 2011 evaluation of peer-training workshops given by a specialized group of DataStreme ECS-trained teachers, 94% of attendees gave the highest possible response when assessing workshop content, and 98% recommended that the workshop be offered to others. DataStreme ECS can serve as a curriculum and instruction model for those designing long-duration teacher professional development courses to work with a network of educators and scientists to increase program reach and build public scientific literacy.

1994 AMS Project ATMOSPHERE Summer Programs for Teachers

Project ATMOSPHERE, the K–12 educational program of the American Meteorological Society, has been involved in teacher enhancement for four years. Summer workshops for teachers have been a primary c...

AMS Project ATMOSPHERE-University of Oklahoma 1993 Workshop for Atmospheric Education Resource Agents

During the summer of 1993, Project ATMOSPHERE, in cooperation with the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, conducted a workshop to enhance both the meteorological background and leadershi...

Project ATMOSPHERE: AMS/NOAA 1991 Workshop for Teachers: This program was sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with support from State University of New York, College at Brockport.

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