This Web Seminar took place on September 28, 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Presenting was Dr. Randy Russell, Educational Designer with the Office of Education and Outreach at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
In part two of the series, Dr. Russell presented information used in determining what the climate was like in the past.
This web seminar is part of a series of six programs designed to bring climate education resources to secondary educators from the Office of Education and Outreach at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Dr. Russell presented information about the data sources for determining past climate. He explained how historical records, proxy records, instrumental records and supercomputer modeling are all used to give a complete picture of the climates of the past. In addition to these explanations, Dr. Russell also shared several classroom activities that are available free on the websites below.
Fifty-four (54) participants were present at the live Web Seminar in addition to the presenter and NSTA staff. Participating educators represented the states of Arizona,
California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. One participant joined from a country outside of the United States: Canada.
Seminar participants received a one year subscription to one of NSTA’s SciGuides and a certificate of attendance was deposited into their PD Record and Certificates area in the NSTA Learning Center for completing the evaluation form at the end of the program.
Here are some comments provided by the participants at the end of the Web Seminar:
- “Definitely increased my content knowledge of how climate data is gathered. Will prove very helpful with my teaching.”
- “The information will be used in class with the activity presented.”
- “The interpretation of data as evidence of climate I found most interesting.”
- “The seminar provided valuable information about the different methods used to draw conclusions about climates of the past. Students will likely be interested to know how these methods have changed over time.”
Thanks to the participants and the presenter for the learning opportunity, the interactions, and a job well done!
Websites
See when other
UCAR Climate Change Web Seminars are scheduled.
To see more programs on Climate Change visit:
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/
symposia_seminars/ClimateChange/webseminar.aspx
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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