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  • ARM Outreach Supports Earth Day Anniversary Celebrations

    Recent ARM education and outreach materials include a flier developed for the ARM Mobile Facility deployment in the Azores and a set of bookmarks featuring the ARM research sites and educational tools for teachers. ARM file image. Marking the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy participated in…

  • Community Meetings

    Bernie Zak, ARM North Slope of Alaska Program Manager, speaking at the Atqasuk Community Meeting. In October, the ARM Education and Outreach Program held a community meeting in Atqasuk, Alaska, to discuss climate change with the elders and community and to tell them about ARM and ARM educational opportunities. It also provided the community a…

  • Getting Ready for Another EarthStorm

    Last year’s EarthStorm workshop included several mini field trips, including a tour of the ARM Central Facility in Lamont, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Climatological will offer the EarthStorm weather institute for teachers again this summer in Norman, Okla. Limited to 20 participants, the workshop is a popular professional development resource for teachers who want to build…

  • Successful Partnering Produces Award Winning Proposal for Native Education Project

    In July 2007, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded funding to a proposal developed by ACRF Education and Outreach and WGBH Boston—public television’s pre-eminent production house. The winning project, titled “Engaging Alaska Natives with the Geosciences,” will add digital media and teacher professional development resources related to the Arctic geoscience to the WGBH Teachers’ Domain…

  • Climate Research Facility in Papua New Guinea Launches Kiosk

    In 2004, ACRF Education and Outreach worked with Tradewind Communications to film interviews around Manus Island for the kiosk. The Climate Change: Science and Traditional Knowledge kiosk project for the ACRF Tropical Western Pacific sites has come full circle. Four years ago, ACRF Education and Outreach started building educational kiosks to promote awareness and understanding…

  • Barrow Teachers Learn About International Polar Year

    Two Barrow teachers, Gary Boen and Imelda Cabana, were sent to the NSTA conference in St. Louis. Science teachers in Barrow, Alaska, know that climate change is something their students can experience simply by stepping out into their own back yards. But that doesn’t mean teachers don’t need resources and materials to help them engage…

  • ACRF Education and Outreach Presents Women in Science Conference

    ACRF Education and Outreach staff attended the Women In Science Conference at the Omniplex Science Museum. ACRF Education and Outreach staff presented information about the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program at the Women In Science Conference at the Omniplex Science Museum. The event was sponsored by the Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (OK-EPSCOR). Conference…

  • Oklahoma Science Fair: The Results are In!

    Parker Stambaugh, a seventh-grader, won first place with his experiment, “Still Breathing Easy.” On February 24, 2007, two students walked away from the Oklahoma Mesonet/ARM Science Fair with a trophy in-hand. Parker Stambaugh, a seventh-grader at Emerson Junior High in Enid, and Giezi Flores, a sixth-grader from Monroe Elementary in Enid, were first-place winners in…

  • ARM Sponsors Barrow Teachers to Attend NSTA Conference

    Beginning March 29, 2007, teachers from across the United States will flock to Saint Louis, Missouri, to attend an annual conference hosted by the National Science Teacher’s Association. This year, the ARM Program will sponsor two teachers from the North Slope of Alaska to attend the conference as part of an International Polar Year (IPY)…

  • Oklahoma Students Gear Up for 15th Annual Oklahoma Mesonet/ARM Science Fair

    For the past 15 years, Oklahoma students have competed for Best in Show honors at the annual Oklahoma Mesonet/ARM Science Fair. This year, the science fair will be exceptionally exciting as it has been named an official centennial event. Oklahoma is celebrating 100 years of statehood, and students will do their best to showcase the…