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Plenary Presentations
Welcome & Introductory Remarks Dr. Carrie McDougall, Senior Program Manager, NOAA Office of Education
Welcome from Louisa Koch Louisa Koch, NOAA Director of Education
Updates from the Boulder SOS Team SOS Development Team
KEYNOTE: The Geometry of Public Transit David Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
KEYNOTE: A Big Storm's A-Comin: Big data, informal Education, & Cultural Collisions Cynthia Sharpe, Principal of Cultural Attractions and Research, Thinkwell Group
KEYNOTE: Sorry About the Orange Roughy, Why You Should Care About the Bottom of the Ocean, and Other Adventures in Satellite Oceanography Dr. Walter H.F. Smith, Geophysicist, NOAA's Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry
KEYNOTE: The Hunt for T. rex Dr. David Burnham, Paleontologist, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute
Lightning Talks
SOS isn't the Only Cool Thing Going on in Boulder
Jebb Stewart, Informatics, Visualization, and Outreach Section Chief, NOAA SOS Boulder
#projectphenomena; More Good Stories for your Sphere
Hilary Peddicord, Education Specialist, NOAA Boulder
NOAA's Newest Generation of Geostational Weather Satellites
Rafael de Ameller, NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab Leader, NOAA NESDIS
A Future Without Spheres
Eric Hackathorn, Developer, NOAA SOS Boulder
At the Crossroads of Science and Literacy; Connecting Early Learners to Science On a Sphere
Janet Stern and Courtney Lair, Educators, Science City at Union Station
A New Perspective on the Sphere: Using the Power of Art to Explore Science
Kathryn Semmens, Science Director, Nurture Nature Center
Plants to Planets: Using SOS as a Teaching Tool
Justin McAfee, Technology Programs Manager, Science Central
Breaking into SOS: Training Solutions for Entry-level Staff
Luke Richmond, Creative Arts in Science Education Supervisor, Aquarium of the Pacific
Beyond the Sphere: Impacts of SOS Training on Institution-wide Practices Staci Wong, Interpretation Manager, Aquarium of the Pacific
Breakout Sessions
How to Write a Script that People Will Want to Listen to, and That Others Can Deliver
Kathryn Semmens, Nurture Nature Center
Spanning the Generations: Lessons Learned Building a Training Program for Teens to Retirees, that Promotes Success and Growth
Nicholas Corcoran, The Wild Center
Extracting and Using WorldView images
Maurice Henderson, NASA Goddard
Working with Science On a Sphere
Matthew Hamel, Millersville University / NOAA Intern
Connecting Teachers to Climate Change using Science On a Sphere
Michael Trumbower, The Wild Center
Sphere and Now: SOS at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction
Jan Thomas and Arialmis Myers, NOAA NCEP
Convection Connections
Michael McConnell, Science Central
Story On a Sphere
Marissa Jones and Bekkah Lampe, NOAA Office of Education
Extend Your SOS Presentations Beyond the Sphere with Story Maps
Dan Pisut, Esri Living Atlas of the World
Modeling and Moving Around the Sphere with K-2
Annette Brickley, STEMming the Gaps/Buttonwood Zoo; Hannah Hamilton, Buttonwood Zoo
Engaging Visitors and Volunteers Alike: Our Custom Kiosk at The Lawrence Hall of Science
Dustin Perry, Lawrence Hall of Science
Making Beautiful Maps For Education
Dan Pisut, Esri Living Atlas of the World
360 Videography for Spherical Film and Virtual Reality Headsets
Ian McGuire, Detroit Zoological Society
How to Talk Climate On the Sphere
Tom DiLiberto, NOAA Climate Program Office
Teaching Climate with SOS Visualizations and Other NOAA Resources
Stephen Zepecki, NOAA Office of Education
What's New with SOS Explorer
Hilary Peddicord and Eric Hackathorn, NOAA SOS Boulder
SOS Product Suite: Feedback and Future Direction
Keith Searight, Shilpi Gupta, and Ian McGinnis, NOAA SOS Boulder
Scientists Like Sharing and Visualizing Their Data
Annette Brickley, STEMming the Gap, Buttonwood Zoo; Hannah Hamilton, Buttonwood Zoo
Amazing World: How SOS Can Promote Positive Emotions and Involve Visitors in Taking Care of Our Planet
Jimena Echegollen, Marta Pineyro, Museo de Acero Horno 3
Connecting Communities and Stakeholders Through SOS
Thomas Quayle, Clark Planetarium
Crossroads of SOS for K-12: Formal Education in an Informal Environment
Patrick Rowley, James E. Richmond Science Center; Hilary Peddicord, NOAA SOS Boulder; Annette Brickely, STEMming the Gap; Derik Vélez
SOS Showcase
Note: SOS Showcase Presentations are not available on the web
Augmented Reality on the Sphere
Eric Hackathorn, NOAA SOS Boulder
Become a Power Presenter using the iPad and SOS Remote App
Shilpi Gupta, Hilary Peddicord, and Beth Russell, NOAA SOS Boulder
Unique Overlay Ideas & SOS Content in Planetarium
Patrick Hess, Science City at Union Station
Spotlighting the Spotlight
Beth Russel, Hilary Peddicord, and Shilpi Gupta, NOAA SOS Boulder
SOS Nuggets from Goddard
Maurice Henderson, NASA Goddard
Getting the Most Out of PIPs in your Presentation
Shilpi Gupta and Beth Russell, NOAA SOS Boulder
Tectonically Speaking
Dr. Walter H.F. Smith, NOAA's Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry
Story on a Sphere
Marissa Jones and Bekkah Lampe, NOAA Office of Education
Integrating Scientific Demonstrations to the SOS Format
James Beck, Science City at Union Station
Climate Change. What It Is, What Does It Mean, and What are We Doing About It.
Tom DiLiberto, NOAA Climate Program Office
Shirt Made In...? Exploring Global to Local Connections interactively on the Sphere
Kathryn Semmens, Nurture Nature Center
Silk Roads
Sam Lei, Macao Science Center
Phenomena(l) Storytelling: Will Humans and Animals Evolve to Have Longer Extremities?
Hilary Peddicord, NOAA SOS Boulder
Animals on the Move: A Story of Migration and Dispersal Over Land and Under Sea
Annette Brickley, Stace Beaulieu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Shark Tags and Tales
Hannah Hamilton, Buttonwood Zoo; Tighe Ratcliffe, UMass Dartmouth; Annette Brickley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Science in the Stratosphere: Connecting Kids to the Atmospheric Art of High Altitude Ballooning
Chris Pait and Chris Ortiz, South Florida Science Center and Aquarium
Student-Produced Content for SOS
Darik Vélez, St. Paul's School
At the Crossroads of Earth's Systems
Patrick Rowley, James E. Richmond Science Center
NOAA's Mission: From the Surface of the Sun to the Depths of the Ocean
Rafael de Ameller, NOAA NESDIS
Developing Global Tide Animations for Science On a Sphere
Marissa Jones, NOAA Office of Education
Your Favorite Datasets
Stephen Zepecki, NOAA Office of Education
New Additions to the SOS Data Catalog
Beth Russell, NOAA SOS Boulder
SOS Product Suite: Feedback and Future Direction
Keith Searight, SOS Technical Lear, NOAA SOS Boulder
Shilpi Gupta, SOS Software Engineer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Vincent Keller, SOS Developer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Ian McGinnis, Software Engineer, NOAA SOS Boulder