Name: Educators Workshop: Drones, Data and The Great American Eclipse
Start: 2017-07-27T16:00:00-0600
End: 2017-07-27T17:30:00-0600

Welcome to the Summer Meeting for the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)! The 2017 theme is Strengthening Ties Between Observations and User Communities. The theme is based on one of the goals in the 2015 - 2020 ESIP Strategic Plan, which provides a framework for ESIP’s activities over the next three years.

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Educators Workshop: Drones, Data and The Great American Eclipse

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Fifteen to twenty regional educators will join the ESIP education community at this exciting 1-day workshop. Participating teachers will receive a recreational drone, learn about several data-related activities within the ESIP community, and the August 2017 Eclipse. This full day workshop will take place on Thursday July 27th, the agenda follows:

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- 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- Distribute Drones, explore drone activities - Shelley Olds & LuAnn Dahlman
2:00- Hands-on Drone Activities (in small groups)
3:30- Break
4:00- Drones in the classroom
4:30- Discussion (design a eclipse drone activity?)
5:00- Evaluation and wrap-up
5:30 - Adjourn

*everyone is welcome

Speakers | Moderators

LuAnn Dahlman

User Advocate, NOAA Climate Program Office

Editor, U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. User Advocate for Climate Explorer and Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation. Ask me about how Cooperative, Collaborative Community Science could enhance NOAA efforts with on-the-ground mapping of flooding.