The Oklahoma Climatological Survey has been offering summer teacher workshops since 1992. OCS realized that many teachers had not taken earth science classes during their college years. However, many elementary and middle school curriculums include a weather unit and high school physics and chemistry classes deal with concepts like phase change, heat transfer, etc. Without a knowledge base in earth science to draw from teaching weather was a challenge. Our workshops are a mechanism for teachers to build that knowledge base in the atmospheric realm of earth sciences.

Below you will find a list of upcoming teacher workshops offered or co-sponsored by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
 
EarthStorm Workshop

EarthStorm is a free four-day workshop for new participants and a free two day workshop for returning participants that provides an opportunity for teachers to investigate weather. Each participant will be provided with a variety of hand out materials.

The workshop is limited to 35 participants from Oklahoma (30 funded and 5 local participants). We will not be able to provided funding for Kansas teachers like in past years.

Click the link next to "What" to learn about changes to this year's workshop format and funding elligibility requirements before completing the registration.

  
Registration: Closed
What: EarthStorm Weather Institute for Teachers
When: Tuesday, July 14 - Friday, July 17, 2009
Where: National Weather Center (Map)
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Norman, OK 73072-7305
Lodging: TBD
Agenda: Availble Late June
 
FOSS Weather and Water Workshop

The Full Option Science System (FOSS) staff at the Lawrence Hall of Science (University of California) in cooperation with the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, the University of Oklahoma, and NOAA Weather Partners are presenting a workshop at the National Weather Center in Norman, OK. The National Weather Center, opened in 2006, is an unique collaborative research, operational, and teaching facility in meteorology.


You can download an application here.

You should download the Release Form here.

For more information contact Terry Shaw at terryshaw@aol.com

  
What: FOSS Weather and Water Workshop
When: Monday, July 6 - Friday, July 10, 2009
Where: National Weather Center (Map)
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Norman, OK 73072-7305
 
 
   
 
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