Connect with NOAA Education at the American Geophysical Union 2017 Fall Meeting

Your handy guide to education posters, presentations, sessions, and more at AGU 2017.

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From December 11th through 15th, Earth scientists from around the world will convene in New Orleans for the 2017 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. It's the single largest gathering of Earths science experts, which means there's a lot of content to navigate. Here's your road map for meeting up with NOAA educators, grant program managers, experts, and students at AGU 2017.
Hollings Scholar Ahmed Abdelqader presents his research at the 2017 American Meteorological Society meeting.

Hollings Scholar Ahmed Abdelqader presents his research at the 2017 American Meteorological Society meeting. (Image credit: Jing He)

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1. Stop by the NOAA booth.

Come visit us in booth 1025 in the exhibit hall. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor. From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting marine commerce, NOAA’s products and services support economic vitality and affect more than one-third of America’s gross domestic product. We will be showcasing data visualization technology and networking with conference attendees throughout the meeting.

2. Support the next generation of diverse geoscientists. 

NOAA's Diversity and Professional Advancement Working Group hosted a discussion on The STEM Gap: Millennials as Agents of Change at the the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Attendees included NOAA Educational Partnership with Minority-Serving Institutions undergraduate scholars, Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellows, and Capitol Hill Interns.

NOAA's Diversity and Advancement Working Group is convening as session on enhancing diversity and gender parity in the geosciences. This session addresses methods for broadening participation across underrepresented groups, reducing implicit bias, and the impacts of affinity/employee resource groups on increasing recruitment and retention.

ED34A: Pathways for Increasing and Advancing Diversity and Gender Parity in the Next Generation of Geoscientists II
Wednesday, 13 December 2017,  16:00 - 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 242
 
ED53F: Pathways for Increasing and Advancing Diversity and Gender Parity in the Next Generation of Geoscientists I Posters

Friday, 15 December 2017, 13:40pm New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Poster Hall D-F.

3. Join the discussion on how education can support community resilience.

NOAA's National Weather Service urges communities in northern North Dakota to prepare for moderate to major flooding on the Souris River this spring. Last time the river flooded was in 2011 (as pictured here, near Minot.)

NOAA's Environmental Literacy Program will explore new approaches for how education and public engagement can support local government resilience or climate adaptation plans. Discussion will include lessons learned from adapting and using decision-support tools and data products in K-12 and informal education environments.

ED53J: Education and Public Engagement Are Key to Community Resilience Efforts Oral Presentations

Friday, 15 December 2017, 13:40 - 15:40 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 242

ED53C: Education and Public Engagement Are Key to Community Resilience Efforts I Posters

Friday, 15 December 2017, 13:40 - 18:00  New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F

4. Explore your world through NOAA data visualizations and technology.

NOAA's Science On a Sphere at Discovery Science Center

NOAA not only has access to a vast array of data on Earth's ocean and atmosphere, the agency also has amazing visualization platforms. NOAA will be showcasing and presenting tools from the NOAA Visualization Lab, Data in the Classroom, and Science On a Sphere®. 

ED14A-06: Data in the Classroom: New Tools for Engaging Students with Data

Monday, 11 December 2017, 17:25 - 17:41, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 242

ED13E-07: A Decade of Building a STEM Educational Community of Practice from the Ground Up: Leveraging Technology, Visualization, and Evaluation

Monday, 11 December 2017, 15:21 - 15:37, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 242

ED53I-0237: Science on a Sphere and Data in the Classroom: A Marriage Between Limitless Learning Experiences

Friday, 15 December 2017,  13:40 - 18:00, Poster Hall D

At the NOAA Exhibit Booth: 

  • Leveraging GIS Data and Imagery Services For Rapid App Development, Tuesday December 12, 2017, 10:45 - 11:00, NOAA Exhibit Booth 1025
  • Curriculum for integrating data in the classroom, Tuesday December 12, 2017, 15:10 - 15:30, NOAA Exhibit Booth 1025

5. Learn about our scholarship and fellowship opportunities.

Alicia Juang, a junior at Harvard College, followed her interest in ecological restoration to Padilla Bay NERR in Mount Vernon, Washington. There, she spent her summer internship studying the variation in carbon stocks between natural and restored wetlands. In the fall, Alicia will embark on a senior thesis building off of her work at Padilla Bay, and after graduating, she hopes to work in water resources management or habitat restoration.

NOAA has been supporting students and fellows to train the next generation of NOAA scientists and experts. Participants can learn about opportunities while exploring the impacts and outcomes of these successful student training programs. 

ED13B-0182: NOAA’s Undergraduate Scholarship Program Outcomes and Opportunities

Monday, 11 December 2017,  13:40 - 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F

ED53F-0215: Workforce and graduate school outcomes of NOAA’s Educational Partnership Program

Friday, 15 December 2017, 13:40 - 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F

ED53F-0216: The Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences: A Program Exemplifying Diversity and Excellence
Friday, 15 December 2017, 13:40 - 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Vernon Morris, PhD, Director of the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology, Howard University

Also, consider stopping by NOAA Exhibit Booth 1025 from 12:45 - 13:00 on Tuesday, December 12 for an overview of NOAA Scholarship and fellowship opportunities.

6. Meet NOAA supported students!

NOAA Scholar Grace Molino presented her research at the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation conference in 2017.

Students supported by the NOAA Hollings Scholarship and Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions will be showcasing their research at AGU 2017. Drop by their posters and presentations to network with and learn from these talented scholars. 

SH13B-2478: Measuring Solar Coronal Magnetism during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017
Monday, 11 December, 13:40 - 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Keon Gibson, EPP/MSI, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson State University

PP13C-1098: Exploring the Causes of Mid-Holocene Drought in the Rocky Mountains Using Hydrologic Forward Models - Poster
Monday, 11 December, 13:40 - 18:00 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Evelyn Meador, Hollings Scholars, University of Oregon

GC13L-05: Assessing economic impact of storm surge under projected sea level rise scenarios (Invited)
Monday, 11 December, 14:40 - 14:55 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 265-266
Presenter: Diana C Del Angel, EPP/MSI, NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

OS23A-1365: Azadinium Species Detection in Puget Sound, Washington State - Poster
Tuesday, 12 December, 13:40 - 18:00 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Kyla Kelly, Holling Scholar, University of New Haven

OS23A-1370: Variability of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid Along the U.S. West Coast - Poster
Tuesday, 12 December, 13:40 - 18:00 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Steffaney Wood, Hollings Scholar, Davidson College

NH31B-0212: Estimating Vertical Land Motion in the Chesapeake Bay - Poster
Wednesday, 13 December, 08:00 - 12:20 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Lucila Houttuijn Bloemendaal, Hollings Scholar, Duke University

PA31B-0334: Analysis of Stakeholder-Defined Needs in Northeast U.S. Coastal Communities to Determine Gaps in Research Informing Coastal Resilience Planning - Poster
Wednesday, 13 December, 08:00 - 12:20 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Grace Molino, Hollings Scholar, Brown University

OS31C-1412: GLOBATO: An enhanced global relief model at 30 arc-seconds resolution - Poster
Wednesday, 13 December, 08:00 - 12:20 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Vincent O'Leary, Hollings Scholar, Drexel University

A53F-2330: Evaluation of GFDL-AM4 simulations of nitrogen oxides with OMI satellite observations - Poster
Friday, 15 December, 13:40 - 18:00 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F
Presenter: Elise Penn, Hollings Scholar, University of Wisconsin Madison

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