| Title: | DataStreme Atmosphere |
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| Metadata Description: | DataStreme Atmosphere, a major teacher enhancement initiative of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), is dedicated to "the training of Weather Education Resource Teachers who will promote the teaching of science, mathematics and technology using weather as a vehicle, across the K-12 curriculum." The website offers many radar, surface, satellite, upper air, and forecast maps. Students can find a helpful key to weather map symbols. In the User's Guide link, visitors can locate useful information about equipment requirements, learning files, and numerous weather products. Educators interested in participating in weather education can learn how to apply to the DataStreme Project. The DataStreme Project is a pre-college teacher enhancement initiative of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Its main goal is the training of Weather Education Resource Teachers who will promote the teaching of science, mathematics and technology using weather as a vehicle, across the K-12 curriculum in their home school districts. The initial step in the training of Resource Teachers is their participation in the DataStreme distance-learning course. The 13-week course is offered twice a year to selected participants. It focuses on the study of the atmospheric environment through the use of electronically transmitted weather data and learning materials combined with Study Guide readings and investigations. The Project is funded by the National Science Foundation with assistance from the U.S. National Weather Service and the State University of New York College at Brockport. DataStreme expects to train over 4,000 teachers nationally. DataStreme Atmosphere is a teacher-enhancement initiative of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), for training Weather Education Resource Teachers who can then promote the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology using weather as a vehicle, across the K-12 curriculum in their home school districts. The first step in the training is participation in a 13-week distance-learning course offered twice a year to selected applicants, for which those who successfully complete course requirements receive credit (for a 3 semester-hour graduate course from the State University of New York, Brockport). The web site features information on the program and course resources such as daily weather summaries, news items, and current weather studies. There are also weather products, including maps of surface conditions, radar and satellite imagery, upper-air conditions, watches and warnings, and other data. Other materials include a user's guide for the course, a glossary, blank maps and worksheets, a directory of weather-map symbols, and other items. |
| Resource Best Passage: | AMS The DataStreme Project Learning Files | Surface | Radar | Satellite | Upper Air | Forecasts | Climate | Extras | What is DataStreme Atmosphere? NOAA's National Weather Service Forecast by "City, St" or Zip Code Learning Files Daily Weather Summary Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Wee |
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Additional Resource Information
| Author | AMS/NOAA Cooperative Program for Earth System Education (CPESE) |
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| Date Published | 1999 2002-09-05 |
| Grade Level | Elementary School Graduate/Professional Higher Education High School Middle School Vocational/Professional Development Education |
| Intended Audience | College/University Instructors Continuous Formation Educator Higher Education Middle School Teachers Secondary School Teachers Students Teachers Technical School First Cycle Technical School Second Cycle University First Cycle Vocational Training |
| Language | en |
| Publisher / Resource Provider | American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society (AMS) American Meteorological Society. |
| Resource Format | text text/html |
| Resource Type | Audio/Visual Charts and Diagrams Collection Course Dataset Event Image Image/Image Set Instructional Material Instructional Materials InteractiveResource Learning/Research Opportunity Map Movie/Animation Nonfiction Reference Observed Data Overviews Reading Materials Reference Material Remotely Sensed Data Science Materials Scientific Visualization StillImage Text |
| Rights Information | American Meteorological Society Copyright 1999: American Meteorological Society Copyright 2008: American Meteorological Society |
| Subject Keyword(s) | Astronomy Atmospheric Science Climatology Earth Science Educational Technology Geoscience Meteorology Meteorology -- Study and Teaching Physical Sciences Professional Development Science Science -- Instructional Issues Science -- Meteorology Science -- Physical Sciences Space Sciences |

