Education/2018workshop

== Computing in the Classroom - Coding, Gadgets, and STEM== ESIP Education is pleased to offer a 1-day workshop focusing on computer tools that facilitate data exploration. Coding, and coding gadgets (example: Raspberry Pi) are activities that function on a level just above programming yet employ similar critical thinking skills to enable digital data manipulation for specific results. Fifteen regional educators will join the ESIP education community at this stimulating hands-on workshop. The core agenda of this Wednesday July 18th Educator workshop is as follows:

11:30 - Welcome and ESIP overview

11:45 - Coding

1:00 - LUNCH (at educator tables)

2:00 – Coding Gadgets - each teacher will receive a ‘gadget’ (tbd) to take back to their classroom.

3:30 – Break

3:45 – Mini-ignite STEM Treasure-trove – 10-minute data resource talks

UNAVCO Velocity Viewer

CIMSS GOES-16/17 Virtual Science Fair

NOAA Climate Explorer and Data Snapshots

SEDAC Map Viewer

ESIP/UCAR Drone Resources

4:45 – Share-a-thon brainstorm session. Work together to integrate tools into classroom teaching.

5:15 - Drone raffle (2 teachers will take home a recreational drone!)

5:20 - Evaluation and wrap-up

5:30 – Adjourn

Participating teachers are warmly invited and strongly encouraged to attend additional sessions of the ESIP summer meeting, especially

Research as Art Reception, Tuesday evening Opening Plenary, Wednesday morning ESIP 20th Anniversary Celebration, Wednesday evening FUNding Friday competition, Friday morning To learn more, tune in to the spring 2018 ‘Out 2 Lunch’ webinar series, or watch recordings on-line! http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Education/Out2Lunch

Drones, Data, and the Great American Eclipse

Working Agenda for the 2017 July 27 ESIP teacher track sessions --

8:30– Welcome, Introductions, ESIP Overview - Shelley Olds, ESIP Education Chair

9:00 – NOAA Data in the Classroom - June Teisan

10:00 - Using Mapping Tools to Work with Natural Hazards Data in the Classroom - Robert Downs

10:30 - break

11:00 – Getting the Most out of GOES-16 Data - Margaret Mooney

11:30 – The Great American Eclipse - Pat Reiff

12:00 - Eclipse Outdoor Activities

12:30 - LUNCH

1:30 - Drone workshop - Flight basics - Shelley Olds & LuAnn Dahlman

2:00 - Practicing controlled flight

2:30 - Taking photos and videos with your drone

3:00 - Try out an activity

3:30 - Break

4:00 - About sensors

4:30 - Develop action plans

5:00 - Evaluation and wrap-up

5:30 - Adjourn