This list of presentations by Dr. Randy Russell includes talks and posters at scientific and technical meetings, workshops at professional development events for teachers and other educators, online webinars, and more.

2023
- March 25 – National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) – National Conference – “NOAA Workshop 6: Engage Your Students with Ecosystem Modeling and Virtual Reality” – Atlanta, Georgia
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