Organized by Dr. Michael J. Passow

1. Organized by Dr. Michael J. Passow

2. Purposes of these Workshops • Provide teachers with opportunities to interact with research scientists • Provide teachers with information about basic curriculum concepts and “cutting- edge” ideas • Provide classroom-ready activities and instructional materials

3. Sponsors • Science Teachers Association of New York State/Westchester Section http://sites.tier.net/stanys/ • National Association of Geoscience Teachers/Eastern Section http://www.nagt.org/ or http://westy.jtwn.k12.pa.us/users/srl/NAGT.html

4. American Meteorological Society Education Program 1200 New York Ave., NW Suite 410 Washington DC 20005 Tel: 202-682-9337 Fax: 202-682-9341 Email: amsedu@dc.ametsoc.org

5. The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., is a research division of Columbia University dedicated to understanding how planet Earth works. www.ldeo.columbia.edu

6. Jan. 15 “How Predictable Are Natural Disasters? • Dr Arthur Lerner-Lam Source: wrgis.wr.usgs.gov

7. Feb. 5 NAO and Climate Variability • NAO: North Atlantic Oscillation • Dr Martin Visbeck Source: www.ldeo.columbia.edu

8. Feb. 5 The LDEO Deep-Sea Core Repository • Rusty Lotti Bond, Curator Source: www.ldeo.columbia.edu/CORE_REPOSITORY/RHP1.html

9. Mar. 4 From Old Technology to New: Assembling a 100-year Record of Ocean Winds from Ships and Satellites • Dr Donna Witter http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html

10. Apr. 1 Earth’s Variable Climate Spectrum • Dr Joseph Ortiz http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/primer_study.html

11. Apr. 29 Using Satellite Data to Map the Sea Surface and Sea Floors • Dr Christopher Small www.ldeo.columbia.edu/

12. Teaching about Natural Disasters • Earthquakes • Volcanoes • Hurricanes • Tornadoes • Winter Storms • Thunderstorms • El Nino/La Nina “weather”

13. Earthquakes • Most events occur in specific zones • Prediction of exact location and timing questionable • Dr. Lerner-Lam will provide more about this topic. Source: http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/eq/

14. www.logal.com/test/data_v5/earthpulse/introduction.html • There are more and more web sites that you can try out to see if the activities meet the needs of your curriculum and your students.

15. “Virtual Earthquake” provides an excellent classroom activity for gr. 6 - 12 students. http://vcourseware.calstatela.educ

16. Cat State LA’s “Virtual Quake” has a great interactive program for students about seismometers and the Richter Scale.

17. Volcanoes • Some of the best info about volcanoes on the web is at http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

18. HURRICANES Source: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricne.htm

19. TORNADOES Source: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

20. FLOODING Potomac River at Chain Bridge near Washington, D.C.(looking upstream during flood of September 8, 1996) http://md.water.usgs.gov/floods/fran/flood_0996_pix.html

21. Source: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/coolimg/index.html

22. Examples of Classroom-Ready Activities • “Earthquakes on the Web”

23. “Hazardous Weather Teacher’s Guide” • “Tracking Hurricanes” • “Wichita-Andover Tornado” • “Blizzard of ‘93” • “Operation Ice Storm”

24. Does Wording Affect Decisions? • As the following terms often used in predictions appear, consider your own reaction and the kinds of decisions you might make about whether or not to take action:

25. Definite • Likely • Possible • Probable • Unlikely • Certain • Improbable • May • Should

26. Some additional ideas to be considered... • How are events measured? • Who receives the prediction? • Who uses the prediction? • Who benefits from the prediction? • What happens when predictions are off? • What happens if predictions are not made? • How can we help our students understand limits of prediction?

27. Connections with Standards • National • New York State “Physical Setting: Earth Science” • New Jersey Science Curriculum Framework

28. Some examples of possible assessments ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

29. To be continued….