Penn State Advanced Weather Camp Calendar of Events

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2020 Tentative Schedule of Events
For Students Entering Grades 10 - 12

Time (EDT)	Monday June 22	Tuesday June 23	Wednesday June 24	Thursday June 25	Friday June 26
9:00 - 10:00 am	INFO: Zoom Basics, Participation Guidelines INFO: Introductions, Favorite Weather, Trivia	PSU INFO: Walk with me: Weather Center Tour and Department Facts and Figures	ANALYSIS: Finding Patterns in Data: The Surface Weather Map Lesson Material The Weather Map (SOUTH) The Weather Map (NORTH)	FUNFO: Walk with me again: Wacky Weather Experiments!	COLLEGE INFO: Dr. Victoria Sanchez, Associate Dean, Office of Educational Equity
10:00 - 11:00 am	INFO: Introductions, Continued ANALYSIS (Practice/Prep): Hurricane Forcasting WxFO: Weather Forcasting Basics	WxFO: The Hurricane (Lesson)	INFO: Dr. Jon Nese, Weather Myths	RESEARCH: Dr. Paul Markowski, What We Know About Tornadoes, and How We Know It	INFO: Weather Forecasting Contest Verifications AWARDS: Weather Forecasting Contest! INFO: Weather Analysis Verifications AWARDS: Weather Analysis!
11:00 am - Noon	WxFO: First Weather Forecast	TOUR/CAREERS: AccuWeather	PSU INFO: Student Organizations, Penn State Campus Weather Service Penn State Storm Chase Team	WxFO: Test Your Hurricane Prediction Skills! Day1 Day 2 Day 5 Day 9	AWARDS: Certificate Presentation (email) Exit Surveys
Noon - 1:00 pm	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:00 pm	WxFO: NWS State College, PA Severe Wx Factors	WxFO: Second Weather Forecast	WxFO: Third Weather Forecast, Part I	WxFO: Fourth Weather Forecast	PSU INFO: Parent Tour, Q&A
2:00 - 3:00 pm	TOUR/CAREERS: MARFC & NWS	RESEARCH: Dr. Greg Jenkins,Saharan Dust, Weather and Health	WxFO: Third Weather Forecast, Part II	COLLEGE INFO: Dr. Jon Nese, University Meteorology Programs Information from Dr. Nese	PSU INFO: Parent Tour, Q&A (continued, if necessary)
3:00 - 4:00 pm	ANALYSIS: Weather Balloon Data, Vertical Temperature and Wind Speed Profiles The Data (Excel) The Data (Text) Print this graph if using text file	ANALYSIS: Severe Wx Data Mining through WeatherSTEM REFERENCE MATERIAL: WeatherSTEM Data Mining Assignment: WeatherSTEM Data Mining	ANALYSIS: Mesoscale Thunderstorm Complexes Map 1 (03z) Map 2 (07z)	FUNFO: Test Your Wx Knowledge!	ANALYSIS is voluntary but strongly encouraged. You need a printer for this, print some out ahead of time if you like! * Calendar TENTATIVE, content will be updated!