- Director's Message
- Table of Contents
- Strategic Goals: Science, Facilities & Technology
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Exploring atmospheric, Earth System, and solar processes, variability, and change -
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Investigating the interaction of the atmosphere, the broader Earth system, and human society -
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Improving prediction of weather, climate, and other atmospheric phenomena -
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Developing community models -
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Enabling innovative field experiments and measurement campaigns -
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Developing new instrumentation
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- Research Catalog
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Project Summary:Written by Robert Johnson, Director of Education & Outreach 
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There are a few types of atoms that can be a part of a plant one day, an animal the next day, and then travel downstream as a part of a river’s water the following day. These atoms can be a part of both living things like plants and animals, as well as non-living things like water, air, and even rocks. The same atoms are recycled over and over in different parts of the Earth. This type of cycle of atoms between living and non-living things is known as a biogeochemical cycle...more Content development on Windows to the Universe related to biogeosciences during FY2007 has continued to focus on public understanding of the biosphere and its role in the Earth system with emphasis on biogeochemical cycles and global change. The following articles have been developed (translation to Spanish in progress) to educate students and the general public about these subjects.
Additionally, The Carbon Cycle Game, an online interactive that allows users to explore the carbon cycle while answering carbon cycle trivia questions, was completed during 2007. A companion guide for using The Carbon Cycle Game with students was developed to help educators bring this learning tool into their classrooms.
This year the Windows to the Universe staff have brought The Carbon Cycle Game and the other educational materials developed through this project, such as online content and the Traveling Nitrogen classroom activity, to science educators through several professional development climate workshops at conferences of the National Science Teacher’s Association (NSTA), an AGU GIFT workshop for Mexican teachers at the 2007 AGU Spring Meeting, and a climate workshop for educators held at the University of Michigan. A newly developed workshop for educators called Playing with Ecosystem Science was presented in March 2007 to highlight the suite of resources. Additionally, the online content and activities developed through this project have been utilized by NCAR Online Education courses for middle and high school science teachers.
Several other Windows to the Universe articles have been revised to connect with the newly-developed content listed above. Revised pages include: |
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Marina LaGrave 
Randy Russell