Educators' workshops in South Africa: Project atmosphere outreach

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......American Meteorological Society's Project ATMOSPHERE workshop in Kansas City, Missouri...first educators' workshop based on Project ATMOSPHERE material was conducted on 14 May...introduce what I had learned through Project ATMOSPHERE. After I spoke, educators were divided...

The Sixth AMS Symposium on Education

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......of the study site (science class). Project ATMOSPHERE is a teacher-enhancement program...weather and climate. In recent years, Project ATMOSPHERE has seen increasing collaboration...CIRRUS), as well as participation in Project ATMOSPHERE and the DataStreme Project. Successful...

45 BEACON: AMS 21ST CENTURY CAMPAIGN

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......levels. In 1991, NSF support launched Project ATMOSPHERE. Central to Project ATMOSPHERE is a national cadre of master teachers...portal for teacher participation in Project ATMOSPHERE is a two-week summer workshop on meteorological...

Mediaevalitas: Reading the Middle Ages.(Review)

Medium Aevum;  September 22, 1998 ;     219 words ......ISBN 085991-488-7. 39.50 [pounds sterling]. The latest volume in this established series publishes the proceedings of the ninth Symposium dedicated to the memory of J. A. W. Bennett, held in Perugia in April 1995. The ten essays explore different ways in which...

Glossary of Weather and Climate

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  November 1, 2002 ;     150 words ......A glossary of over 3000 terms on weather and climate designed specifically for a general audience! Produced under the Project ATMOSPHERE initiative, the development of The Glossary of Weather and Climate was Inspired by increasing contemporary interest in...

Symposium on Cross-Straits Relations Opens In Hangzhou

Xinhua News Agency;  July 12, 2000 ;     165 words ...The ninth symposium on relations across the Taiwan Straits opened today in Hangzhou in east China, attracting over 130 scholars from at home and overseas...

Meet the staff: Bernard Blair

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  June 1, 2002 ;     676 words ......those years working at the AMS Washington, D.C., office in a variety of capacities. He was initially employed by AMS's Project ATMOSPHERE in 1993 after a temporary stint with the Meetings Department in 1992. Bernard quickly developed a skill at taking scientific...

SUMMER FACES; Outdoor theaters project atmosphere of fun

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 20, 2005 ;     335 words ...Despite a recent double-bill at the Keno Outdoor Theatre of box- office hits "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" and "The Dukes of Hazzard," the most exciting moment came from an animated hot dog. During the intermission, a special cartoon countdown to the start of the second feature played on the

U. of Arkansas professor talks baseball

University Wire;  September 4, 1997 ;     691 words ......headed. Earlier this summer, Pincus? feelings were on display when a screenplay he wrote with Coral Ohl was read at the ninth Symposium on Baseball and American Culture at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. The screenplay, titled?Best Interests...

UA professor talks baseball

University Wire;  September 4, 1997 ;     691 words ......headed. Earlier this summer, Pincus' feelings were on display when a screenplay he wrote with Coral Ohl was read at the ninth Symposium on Baseball and American Culture at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. The screenplay, titled "Best Interests...

Create your own classroom weather center: grades 5-8. (Scientific...

Curriculum Review;  September 1, 2002 ;     670 words ......directing students to construct five simple atmospheric instruments just like kids in Queensland, Australia did as part of Project Atmosphere Australia Online. Protractor Anemometer This instrument determines the speed or velocity of the wind. Materials: Strong...

Project exceeds DataStreme Central's expectations

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  November 1, 1997 ;     622 words ......office, located in Washington, D.C., and is directed by Ira Geer. The office conducts all of AMS's education initiatives-Project ATMOSPHERE, the Maury Project, and the DataStreme Project. DataStreme participants, several hundred K-12 teachers (called Weather...

JOSEPH M. MORAN: Associate Director; AMS Education Program

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  February 1, 2006 ;     674 words ......DataStreme Atmosphere). NSF funded the proposal and they were off and running. "DataStreme was a natural outgrowth of Project Atmosphere and was implemented locally by the national network of Atmospheric Education Resource Agents (AERAs), a group of unusually...

New outlook for decentralized wastewater treatment

BioCycle;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......rural applications - met to discuss on-site wastewater treatment. Over 500 participants from around the nation came to the Ninth Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems in Fort Worth, Texas to learn about new developments in this rapidly changing...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel international business column.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 6, 2004 ;     657 words ......6537 or e-mail ashoemaker@cargofacts.com, or check the Internet at www.cargofacts.com. --Americas trade conference: The Ninth Symposium of the Americas on Customs, Trade and Finance will be held Oct. 20-22 at the New Radisson Hotel in Miami, with customs officials...