Presentations

2021

• February 9 – presented the Mars Helicopter Lesson Plan as part of a webinar titled “Perserverance: Embracing Challenges with a bit of Ingenuity”. The webinar was hosted by the Space Foundation and attended by teachers from the Space Foundation’s Teacher Liaisons program and the ISS National Laboratory’s Space Station Ambassadors.
• August 24 – presented the Mars Helicopter Lesson Plan to high school students in the Arab Space Pioneer’s Programme in a webinar hosted by the Space Foundation

2020

• July 22 – “Minds-on Virtual Education via Simulations, Games and Web-based Activities” – invited seminar presented to the faculty of the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York (online)

2019

• February 21 – CABPES Engineering Week at Wings Over the Rockies Exploration of Flight museum – engaged students and parents with drone and dropsonde wind tunnel activities – Centennial, Colorado
• June 17 – American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) – 126th Annual Conference & Exposition – “Engineering Education Using Inexpensive Drones” (poster #134 in session M286 • NSF Grantees Poster Session) – Tampa, Florida
• September 24 – Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting – Session 181 – T185. Time to Explore: Actively Engaging with Rigorous Three-Dimensional Learning Materials – “Using Simple Simulations in the Earth Sciences to Engage Students with the NGSS Practice of Scientific Modeling” – Phoenix, Arizona

2018

• January 8 – American Meteorological Society (AMS) – 98th Annual Meeting – 27th Symposium on Education – Session 2: Active Learning Demonstrations from the Atmospheric Sciences – “Drones for Engineering in the Atmospheric Sciences” – Austin, Texas
• March 15-17 – National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) – National Conference – Atlanta, Georgia
  • “Drone/UAV Lessons for Science and STEM Education” (hands-on workshop) – Friday, March 16
  • “Sun and Space Weather Games & Simulating Satellite Remote Sensing with Drones” – NESTA and NSTA Aerospace Education Advisory Board Space Science Share-a-thon – Thursday, March 15
  • “Games and Simulations for Weather and Climate Education” – NESTA and NOAA Ocean, Climate, and Weather Share-a-Thon – Friday, March 16
  • “Simulations and Games Integrating Earth Science with Physics and Chemistry” – NESTA Integrating Earth Science into Other Disciplines Share-a-Thon – Saturday, March 17
• June 26-27 – International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference & Expo – Chicago, Illinois
  • “Games, Simulations and Virtual Labs for STEM/Science Education” – Tuesday, June 26
  • “From the Ground Up: Teaching Engineering with Drones” (poster) – Wednesday, June 27
• September 25 – NESTA & NOAA Planet Stewards webinar – “Simulations & Models for Teaching Earth System Science“
• October 27 – Colorado Science Conference – “The Drone Mission Board Game and Hands-on Activities for Engineering Education” (hands-on workshop) – Denver, Colorado
• November 28 – ESIP Education Out2Lunch webinar – “Earth Science Ed Computer Simulations” (archived video on YouTube)
• December 4 – CLEAN webinar – “Simulations and Models for Teaching Earth System Science” (PDF slides)
• December 8 – Segment (1.5 hours) of a hands-on workshop for teachers about UAVs/drones for STEM education conducted by Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum – at their Exploration of Flight Blue Sky Gallery in Englewood, Colorado

2017

• February 21 – CABPES Engineering Week – engaged students with games about climate – Aurora, Colorado
• April 29 – helped run a local session (in Boulder, Colorado) of a national game jam about climate in the Arctic
• November 17 – Colorado Science Conference – “Engineering and Science Activities with Inexpensive Drones” (hands-on workshop) – Denver, Colorado
• December 11 – American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting – session ED13E: Amazing Technologies and Capabilities That Contribute to STEM ll – invited talk ED13E-01 “Using Recreational Drones to Promote STEM Learning” – New Orleans, Louisiana

2016

• February 25 – CABPES Engineering Week – engaged students with an activity to design and test a windmill – Aurora, Colorado
• March 12 – NSTA/NOAA Virtual Conference – Climate Science in the Classroom – Session 2: “Climate Modeling/Simulations” (online)
• June 27 – – International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference & Expo – poster “Games and Simulations for Teaching about Climate and Scientific Modeling” – Denver, Colorado
• July 2 – NOAA Climate Stewards workshop for educators – session on “Climate Modeling & Games” – National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado
• July 28-29 – National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) STEM Forum & Expo – Denver, Colorado
  • Presentation: “NESTA Shares: STEM Games and Simulations for Earth and Space Science“
  • Workshop: “Modeling in STEM Education with Examples from Climate Modeling“
  • Workshop: “Dropsonde Wind Tunnel Activity and Engineering in the Atmospheric Sciences“
• November 18 – Colorado Science Conference – workshop “Playing with Climate and Weather” – Denver, Colorado

2015

• January 5 – American Meteorological Society (AMS) – 95th Annual Meeting – 24th Symposium on Education – “Games and Simulations for Climate, Weather and Atmospheric Science Education” (poster #135) – Phoenix, Arizona
• February 13 – Professional development workshop about scientific modeling for Boulder Valley School District science teachers – NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado
• February 24 – CABPES Engineering Week – engaged students with the Dropsonde Wind Tunnel Activity – North Middle School, Aurora, Colorado
• March 10 – engaged students with the Dropsonde Wind Tunnel Activity at a Science/Maker Fair at Bear Creek Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado
• April 14 – Science on a Sphere presentation to UCAR & NCAR staff
• May 19 – CLEAN Network webinar – “Simulations and Games for Climate Education“
• June 23 – presented the Resolution and Computational Speed activity to high school students at the CISL Data Analytics Bootcamp at NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado
• July 8 – 11th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference – “Game On at NCAR: Infusing a Major Climate Research Center with Game-based Education” (poster) – Madison, Wisconsin
• July 15 – Earth Educators” Rendezvous – “Best Practices in Online Courses” session – “Simulations and Virtual Labs for Online Earth Science Education” (poster) – Boulder, Colorado
• 14 & 17 July – Demonstrated climate science and scientific modeling resources to teachers at the CMMAP (Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes) summer workshops – Fort Collins, Colorado
• August 5 – NOAA Climate Stewards Climate Modeling Workshop – presented a talk and two workshops to teachers – NOAA Headquarters, Silver Spring, Maryland
• November 20 – Colorado Science Conference – workshop “Playing with Climate and Weather” – Denver, Colorado
• December 7 – NOAA Climate Stewards webinar – “Using Simple Models in Climate Education“
• December 18 – American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting – organized and chaired sessions ED51A (posters) and ED53F (talks) “Amazing Games and Superb Simulations for Science Education” – San Francisco, California
  • ED53F-05 “Games and Simulations for Climate, Weather and Earth Science Education” (talk during session ED53F)

2014

• April 3-6 – National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) – National Conference – Boston, Massachusetts
  • “Using Virtual Field Experiences in Earth Science Education” (hands-on workshop) – Friday, April 4
  • “What We Know About Climate!” (hands-on workshop) – Saturday, April 5
  • “Climate Models: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know, Ask, and Teach” (hands-on workshop) – Saturday, April 5
  • NESTA Oceans & Atmosphere Share-a-thon
• July 9-18 – CMMAP (Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes) summer workshops for teachers – presented climate and modeling resources and activities to middle and high school teachers – Fort Collins, Colorado
• November 21 – Colorado Science Conference – Denver, Colorado
  • “Games & Simulations for Science Education” (hands-on workshop)
  • “Playing with Climate and Weather” (hands-on workshop)
• December 19 – American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting – organized and chaired sessions ED52A (talks) and ED53B (posters) “Games, Interactive Simulations, and Virtual Labs for Science Teaching and Learning” – San Francisco, California
  • ED52A-03 “Games and Simulations for Climate, Weather and Earth Science Education” (talk during session ED52A)

Prior to 2014

More coming soon!

2008

• December 4-6 – National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) – Regional Conference – Cincinnati, Ohio
  • “Microworlds! Online Tools Exploring Earth’s Atmosphere, Water Cycle, and Greenhouse Gases” – Thursday, December 4
  • “Magnetism Activities, Earth’s Magnetism, and Space Weather from Windows to the Universe” – Friday, December 5
  • “Climate Change: Classroom Tools to Explore the Past, Present, and Future” – Friday, December 5
  • “Cool Science from Cold Places” – Friday, December 5
  • “Water, Air, Land, Life, and Space! (WALLS!)” – Saturday, December 6