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Education -
General
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Written by Mark Chandler and Ana Marti
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Monday, 06 March 2006 |
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2) Statement of Expected Outcomes
EdGCM Cooperative Project: Overarching Goals
1) Allow teachers to run a 4-D global climate model (GCM) on a desktop computer, encouraging students to participate in the full scientific process employed by researchers including: experiment design, running simulations, analyzing data and reporting results.
2) Facilitate collaborations within the education community and between students, teachers and research scientists so that students become familiar with the role that teamwork plays in scientific research.
EdGCM Workshop: Specific Objectives
By participating in the Friday evening workshop session teachers will be able to:
The Scientific Process: A Climate Scientist's Experience
Participants will gain an understanding of the typical scientific process climate scientists go through when using climate models: developing a hypothesis, designing an experiment, running a computer simulation, analyzing model output (i.e. post-processing raw computer data and using scientific visualization techniques), creating written reports in the form of scientific manuscripts (i.e. describing experiment design, results and conclusions using text and images), and publishing reports (to the web).
Learn how EdGCM has been developed specifically for desktop computers to allow its users to become familiar with scientific tools that are normally available only at national labs.
Global Climate Models (GCMs)
Participants will gain an understanding of the history and theoretical aspects of Global Climate Models and how they are currently used to enable research scientists, teachers and students to examine earths past, present, and future climates.
Concepts of Modeling
Participants will gain an understanding of the step-by-step procedures that are used by climate model research scientists in setting up an experiment, conducting control runs, inputting variables, and producing typical output products.
EdGCM Basics
Participants will learn what level of computer resources are required to accomplish specific experiments and learning objectives and will understand how to organize a climate modeling unit that fits their schools resources.
Participants will acquire the basic knowledge and skills required to use the EdGCM software suite in the classroom through guided hands-oncomputer activities.
By participating in the Saturday workshop session teachers will be able to:
Summary of EdGCM Basics
Participants will review the fundamental procedures of carrying out experiments using the EdGCM software suite.
EdGCM Exercise on Global Warming
Participants will gain an understanding of how Global Climate Models are used to investigate global warming. Workshop members will set up, run, analyze, and report on basic global warming experiments using the EdGCM software suite.
Compare Results of Experiment to 2005 Global Temperatures (Warmest Year on Record) and Create a Report on Findings
Participants will compare and contrast the results of their global warming experiments with the actual observations compiled by climate scientists.
Using EdGCM software, workshop attendees will create scientific reports of their findings that will be published to the web.
EdGCM Features for Teacher Use Only: Administrative Features
Participants will gain an understanding of various technical details and administrative procedures regarding EdGCM software installation, computer hard disk usage and maintenance, database backup and security issues.
The EdGCM Website: Support and On-line Features
Participants will become informed about the features of the EdGCM website that offer online support for members of the EdGCM Cooperative community through the EdGCM Forums, "eJournal Exchange" and "Simulation Exchange".
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