PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
Available at the school district-level only! Because districts, however, vary so much in size and composition, pricing is not provided here but will gladly be provided available upon request.
WORKSHOP 1. WHAT BETTER PLACE to START than ANTARCTICA?
ANTARCTICA with TWO WEATHER STATIONS
Source: Courtesy of the “Wyoming Weather Web”, University of Wyoming Department of Atmospheric Science. Surface Observations.
https://weather.uwyo.edu/surface/meteorogram/ant.shtml
Yes! What better place to be introduced to the study of weather and climate than at the “bottom of the Earth”, in Antarctica?
In this illuminating workshop Dr. Lilienfeld will introduce participants to weather and climate starting on the continent which experiences some of the Earth’s greatest extremes with the help of the Wyoming Weather Web. This will help improve content mastery for teachers teaching the new academic science standards in weather, climate and the water cycle ranging from the 3rd grade to the middle school grades. In addition a number of hands-on activities that may be used in their classrooms will be distributed.
DURATION: 2 HOURS, WORTH 2 CEUs.
WORKSHOP II. WILL IT GET TOO WARM in the CAR for LUCKY? A Deep Dive into Temperature and Solar Energy
LUCKY
Copyright © Amy Lilienfeld 2021
Building upon a simple and commonplace phenomenon, i.e., the increasing temperature inside of a car as spring progresses, this intriguing workshop builds in complexity to track the fascinating cascade of events associated with the annual revolution of the Earth around the Sun. These include changes in “sun angle”, i.e., the height of the sun in the sky at noon, which is related to the Figure 8 diagram on globe shown below. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF THE DIAGRAM IS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?
Photo by Amy Lilienfeld 2018
This diagram, an ANALEMMA, shows the latitude at which the sun is DIRECTLY overhead at noon on any day of the year. It is probably one of the most important diagrams in Earth Science because this migration triggers a complex cascade of events that help explain several aspects of daily weather as well as world climates, including patterns of temperature, cloudiness and precipitation.
This workshop will be an excellent refresher as well as chock full of new information. It will also include handouts of several hands-on activities for students involving data. Highly relevant for those teaching weather and climate in 3rd grades through middle school —as well as any materials related to the water cycle, including phase changes of water.
DURATION 2.5 HOURS, WORTH 2.5 CENs.
There are a few different options through which this workshop is being offered:
A “TEACHERS ONLY” WORKSHOP or…..
AN ONLINE MINI-COURSE with SUPPLEMENTAL ZOOM MEETINGS.