Science Education

New NSTA Executive Director Talks Climate Education

March 12, 2013

Last month, AMS member David L. Evans began as the new executive director of The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA),...

A Simple Investment in the Sciences

A Simple Investment in the Sciences

March 5, 2013

It’s not every day you get a chance to invest in a sure-fire start-up based on science you know very...

Planning for the Next Superstorm: Kids Will Lead the Way
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Planning for the Next Superstorm: Kids Will Lead the Way

November 2, 2012

by Ellen Klicka, AMS Policy Program Superstorm Sandy was a reminder that the best time for severe weather preparedness is...

Wild Weather Comes to NCAR

Wild Weather Comes to NCAR

October 27, 2012

A new exhibit exploring the power of weather and the stories behind it opened earlier this month at NCAR’s Mesa...

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A Chat with the Iceman

October 23, 2012

By Maureen Moses, AMS Education Program I hope you all had a good Earth Science Week last week! The theme...

AMS Climate Course To Reach 100 More Minority-Serving Institutions

September 19, 2011

The AMS Education Program has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement the AMS Climate...

AMS DataStreme Teachers Brown Bag it at NOAA

July 12, 2011

The AMS Education Program has been actively training teachers in the atmospheric, oceanic, and climatological sciences for 20 years. Over...

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State of the Union STEMwinder

January 26, 2011

by William Hooke, Director, AMS Policy Program, from the AMS project, Living on the Real World Stemwinder? An old-fashioned mechanical...

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Why We Need Public Education in Earth Science

December 1, 2010

by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director. From the AMS project, Living on the Real World Early in the Bush...

Back to School

September 7, 2010

Welcome back to school, kids. It’s the first day that your teacher has set up this newfangled “interactive whiteboard” in...