THE 6TH AMS SYMPOSIUM ON EDUCATION

The American Meteorological Society held its Sixth Symposium on Educat ion in conjunction with the 77th Annual Meeting in Long Beach, Califor nia. The theme of the symposium was ''Atmospheric and Oceanographic Ed ucation:Teaching about the Global Environment.'' Thirty-eight oral pre sentations and 37 poster presentations summarized a variety of educati onal programs or examined educational issues for both the precollege a nd university levels. There was also a joint session with the Eighth S ymposium on Global Change Studies and a special session on ''home page s'' to promote popular meteorological education. Over 200 people repre senting a wide spectrum of the Society attended one or more of the ses sions in this two-day conference where they increased their awareness of teaching about the global environment.