Report on the Fifth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education (EWOC99)Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2000:;volume( 081 ):;issue: 007::page 1589DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<1589:ROTFIC>2.3.CO;2Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Fifth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education was held 5?9 July 1999 in Ballarat and Melbourne, Australia. Conference delegates included 105 teacher educators, meteorologists, oceanographers, and science communicators representing 13 nations. Principal themes of the conference were weather and ocean studies in the primary and secondary school classroom (K?12), professional development programs for teachers in meteorology and oceanography, using the Internet for schools and public education, and communicating environmental issues to the public. Oral presentations, workshops, poster sessions, and hands?on demonstrations provided information on programs for teacher enhancement, computer?aided instruction, and access to real?time weather information.
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contributor author | Smith, David R. | |
contributor author | Moran, Joseph M. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:42:46Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T14:42:46Z | |
date copyright | 2000/07/01 | |
date issued | 2000 | |
identifier issn | 0003-0007 | |
identifier other | ams-25000.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4161736 | |
description abstract | The Fifth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education was held 5?9 July 1999 in Ballarat and Melbourne, Australia. Conference delegates included 105 teacher educators, meteorologists, oceanographers, and science communicators representing 13 nations. Principal themes of the conference were weather and ocean studies in the primary and secondary school classroom (K?12), professional development programs for teachers in meteorology and oceanography, using the Internet for schools and public education, and communicating environmental issues to the public. Oral presentations, workshops, poster sessions, and hands?on demonstrations provided information on programs for teacher enhancement, computer?aided instruction, and access to real?time weather information. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | Report on the Fifth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education (EWOC99) | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 81 | |
journal issue | 7 | |
journal title | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<1589:ROTFIC>2.3.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 1589 | |
journal lastpage | 1597 | |
tree | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2000:;volume( 081 ):;issue: 007 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |