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Mega Science Festival Draws Mega Crowds
Two attendees pose for a picture with Professor Polar Bear.How do you interest kids in science, technology, engineering, and math? Hold the country’s largest science fair. Drawing the second biggest crowd in Washington Convention Center history, the second USA Science & Engineering Festival was held in Washington D.C. from April 27-29. ARM Education and Outreach…
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Fairbanks Middle Schoolers Enjoy Field Trip to Barrow
In April, the 8th grade class from Watershed School in Fairbanks, Alaska, made the long trek to the North Slope for a week-long field trip filled with science, history, and cultural studies. Their field trip included a visit to the ARM site in Barrow, where NSA Site Manager Mark Ivey, along with Facilities Manager and…
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ARM Education Popular with Students at Science Night
Middle school students pose with Professor Polar Bear. On November 15, ARM communications staff and scientists participated in the third annual Chief Joseph Middle School Science Night in Richland, Washington. They shared with students how to build their own anemometer, handed out activity booklets and lesson plans to interested teachers, students, and parents, and brought…
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Summer Interns Receive VIP Seating During Aerosol Campaign
Left to right: Erika Schreiber, Agossa Segla, Dr. Qi Zhang, Danielle Weech, Tony Aguirre, Stephanie DeJong Students from two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs participated in the Aerosol Life Cycle Intensive Operational Period (IOP) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) on Long Island, NY, from June 15 through August 15, 2011. Students and their mentors…
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Educational Videos from Arctic Now Available on ARM Website
Nearly 10 years ago, ARM Education and Outreach staff asked community leaders in Barrow, Alaska, what the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARM Program could do to support local education. Iñupiat elders asked ARM to develop a museum display on climate change and the environmental impacts in the Arctic as seen through their perspective. The community…
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Remote Schools Welcome Much-Needed Resources
Seven schools on Manus Island recently welcomed new copiers donated through ARM’s Education and Outreach program. Hymson Waffi, officer-in-charge for the ARM’s Tropical Western Pacific site on Manus Island, enjoyed the happy task of delivering the equipment to the various schools, including elementary, primary, secondary, and an academy. Each copier was accompanied by two spare…
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ARM Outreach and Users Part of Record-Breaking Society Meetings
Over 750 visitors stopped by the ARM Facility exhibit to learn how they can participate during the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2010 Fall Meeting and 91st American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting. This week, the ARM Facility is attending the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington DC.
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NSF Student Travel Fellowship for DYNAMO Field Campaign
As part of the DYNAMO (Dynamics of the MJO) field campaign, which includes the AMIE-Gan campaign, several student travel fellowships funded by the National Science Foundation are available for advanced graduate students and recently graduated postdoctoral associates, especially those from under-represented groups. DYNAMO is the US contribution to the international field program CINDY2011 (Cooperative Indian…
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Professor Polar Bear Goes to Washington
Our first ARM Climate Kid made its debut at the USA Science & Engineering Festival. Photo courtesy of the Festival.On October 23-24, ARM participated in our sponsor’s, the U.S. Department of Energy, exhibit at the USA Science and Engineering Festival on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Our new Climate Kid cutout was a big…
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SGP Hosts Two Groups for “Lunch and Launch” Visit
John Schatz, SGP Deputy Site Manager (in striped shirt), answers questions from Billings Rotary Club members as Mary Green, BBSS operator (walking from cart) finishes launching the balloon and heads to the control room to monitor the data transmission.Education and outreach play an important role in informing the public about ARM’s mission related to climate…