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  <h2>Weather and Climate for Educators<br /> 2012 Summer Teacher's Course</h2>

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Weather, climate, and climate change are important topics in today's society.
Many science educators are expected to teach these subjects even with no formal
training in these areas.  Our Weather and Climate for Teachers course,
sponsored by CMMAP and the
<a href="http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu" target="_blank">
Little Shop of Physics</a>,  was redesigned for 2012.
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The intent of the courses was to provide college-level content on the physics of
the atmosphere, weather, climate, climate change, and climate modeling as well
as demonstrate activities for use in the classroom. The course was
taught using the method of the Five E's, each describing a phase of learning
(engage, explore, explain, extend, and evaluate).<p></p>

Teachers took home a box of science tools. Course tools included heat
packs, which show that liquids release heat when they freeze, solar cells to
charge batteries, and infrared goggles to see infrared radiation outside.  More
importantly, participants left with the confidence and knowledge to teach their
students about weather, climate, and climate change.<p></p><br />

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<b style="color:#dd6600">Course Overview</b><br />
This year, we offered a pair of courses which ran back-to-back:<ul>
<li> Part I: <a href="PartI_outline.pdf">Weather and Climate Processes</a><br />
This 3 day course explored the principles of energy, radiation, phases
of matter, motion and forces necessary to understand processes in the atmosphere
that give rise to our weather and determine our climate.</li>
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<li>Part II: <a href="PartII_outline.pdf">Global Weather and Climate</a><br />
This 3 day course built on the material of the "Science of Weather and Climate"
course to develop a deeper understanding of the global circulation that gives
rise to weather and the climate zones across the planet.
</li><p></p></ul>

<b style="color:#dd6600">Course Materials</b><br />
  <i class="font2">The course materials below are organized by the theme of each
  class session and placed into the day they were presented.</i><p></p>
  <b><u>Part I</u></b><ul>
  <li> <a href="day1.html">Monday</a> : <ul>
    <li> Energy and Radiation</li>
    </ul><p></p></li>

  <li> <a href="day2.html">Tuesday</a> : <ul>
    <li> Pressure, Density, Temperature, Buoyancy</li>
    <li> Phases of Water, Latent Heat, and Clouds</li>
    </ul><p></p></li>

  <li> <a href="day3.html">Wednesday</a> : <ul>
    <li> Convection and Precipitation</li>
    <li> Forces and Winds</li>
    <li> Rotation and Global Circulation</li>
    <li> Fronts and Storms</li>
    <li> Climate Change and Global Warming, Impacts, Mitigation</li>
    <li> Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change</li>
    </ul><p></p></li>
  </ul>

  <b><u>Part II</u></b><ul>
  <li> <a href="day4.html">Thursday</a> : <ul>
    <li> Radiation and Energy</li>
    <li> Greenhouse Effect and Vertical Variations</li>
    <li> Climate Zones</li>
    <li> Climate Sensitivity & Feedbacks</li>
    </ul><p></p></li>

  <li> <a href="day5.html">Friday</a> : <ul>
    <li> Stability and Vertical Motion</li>
    <li> Thunderstorms and Severe Weather</li>
    <li> Force Balances and circulation</li>
    <li> Midlatitude Cycles and Tropical Cyclones</li>
    </ul></li>

  <li> <a href="day6.html">Saturday</a> : <ul>
    <li> Weather and Climate Modeling</li>
    <li> The Stratosphere and Ozone Hole</li>
    <li> Impacts of Climate Change</li>
    <li> Mitigation, Adaptation, & Economics</li>
    </ul></li>
  </ul>

  <b style="color:#dd6600">Participants</b><br />
  <a href="docs/2012TeacherCourseParticipantsList.pdf">Contact info</a><p></p>

  <b style="color:#dd6600">Photos</b><ul>
  <li> <a href="2012cmmapPix/" target="_blank">CMMAP camera</a></li>
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