1994 ANIS PROJECT ATMOSPHERE SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS

Project ATMOSPHERE, the K-12 educational program of the American Meteo rological Society, has been involved in teacher enhancement for four y ears. Summer workshops for teachers have been a primary component of t he AMS K-12 educational initiatives since its inception. During the su mmer of 1994, Project ATMOSPHERE conducted four workshops: two of the workshops were for teachers in the Atmospheric Education Resource Agen t program; another was for K-12 teachers, including one teacher each f rom Canada and Australia; and the fourth was for faculty members at co mmunity colleges or four-year undergraduate institutions. These worksh ops provide teachers at all levels with instruction on a variety of at mospheric topics, an introduction to the operational and research acti vities of the meteorological community, and exposure to atmospheric sc ientists and their facilities. Such workshops provide enriching experi ences for educators who teach about weather and climate topics in thei r science classrooms.