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<font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Attention
teachers!</span></font>
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Here
is some information about a great program related to teaching about
weather and
climate. The free<font color="blue"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></font>program,
called “Pulse of the Planet” will take place <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">this Saturday September 22 from 10:00 to
11:00 AM at
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, </span></b>where there will be a
live
link-up to the presentation, <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Stormin'
and Warmin': Weather and Changing Climate in New Jersey”</span></b>
streamed from Liberty Science Center near New York City. This is a
family
program, so teachers may bring children or students. Best of all,
teachers and
students will be able to submit questions to be answered by climate
expert
David Robinson as part of the presentation. The program is being
offered free
by WHOI as part of an initiative promoting distance learning.<font
color="blue"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></font>The high-tech
live streamed presentation will
be fun and is sure to grab the attention of your children and students!</span></font></>
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There
is an additional, optional session for teachers, including lesson plans
and
teaching ideas, that will be broadcast right after the presentation
from </span></font>11:00 – 1:00. <font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Please contact </span></font>Andrea Thorrold
<a href="mailto:athorrold@whoi.edu"><font color="black"><span
style="color: windowtext;">athorrold@whoi.edu</span></font></a> (508)
289-3478 by <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday Sept 20</span></b>
to
register or for more information (space is limited!). </>
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<hr size="2" width="100%"><><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">September 22nd, 2007</span></font></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">: Stormin' and Warmin': Weather and
Changing Climate</span><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"> in </span></font></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">New Jersey</span></b></>
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Public Lecture: </span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">10:00 am - 11:00 am</span></font></b><b><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
</span></font></b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Few
natural
events underscore human insignificance like the rise and fall of
coastal
storms. They are news before they happen, while they are happening, and
sometimes for years after. David Robinson, </span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">New Jersey</span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"> 's State Climatologist, will describe on how
scientists use observations in the ocean and atmosphere to understand
and
predict coastal storms. Please contact Andrea Thorrold</span></font> <font
color="blue" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><a
href="mailto:athorrold@whoi.edu">athorrold@whoi.edu</a></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> (508) 289-3478 to register.</span></font></>
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Dr. David Robinson, </span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Rutgers</span></font></b><b><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b><b><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">University</span></font></b><b><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;"> Professor
and State
Climatologist for NJ</span></font></b></><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
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Professor
Robinson's research interests are in applied climate, especially
related to </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">New
Jersey</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> ,
and in climate dynamics and change, particularly
focused on global snow cover. He currently chairs a National Research
Council
panel, sits on the American Meteorological Society's Applied
Climatology
Committee, is a member of the lead climate advisory committee for the
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and has recently joined </span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Liberty</span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Science</span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Center</span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"> 's Learning and Teaching Advisory Committee.
Dave has
chaired the American Meteorological Society's Polar Meteorology and
Oceanography Committee, and was recently president of the American
Association
of State Climatologists.</span></font>
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Professional Development: </span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">11:00 am</span></font></b><b><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;"> -</span></font></b><b><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">1:00 pm</span></font></b><font
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This session will focus on the intimate connection between our weather,
climate, and the ocean. We will provide relevant lesson plans and
classroom
resources that are standards based and focus on the nature of science.
Please
contact Andrea Thorrold at <font color="#3366ff"><span
style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><a href="mailto:athorrold@whoi.edu"><font
color="#3366ff"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">athorrold@whoi.edu</span></font></a>
</span></font>(508) 289-3478 to register. </span></font></>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="sept"></a><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">More information about the program can be
found at <font color="#3366ff"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> <a
href="http://www.pulsetalks.org/"><font color="#3366ff"><span
style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">http://www.pulsetalks.org/</span></font></a></span></font></span></font></p>
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