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Education

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Education

The Society is keen to support education at school and university levels. If you run an educational course or program that may be of interest to AMOS members, please bring it to our attention using the contact details below.

2009 Committee Members:

Convenor

Dr Phil Riley

Bureau of Meteorology
Phone: (03) 9669 4530

p.riley@bom.gov.au

Committee

Mr Rob Willis
Phone: (03) 9561 7246

joannrob@bigpond.net.au

Ms Monica Long

Bureau of Meteorology
Phone: (03) 9669 4212

M.Long@bom.gov.au

Dr Steve Siems

Monash University
Phone: (03) 9905 4406

Steve.Siems@sci.monash.edu.au

Dan Levin

weatherstation@aanet.com.au

Angela Maharaj

Macquarie University

angela.maharaj@mq.edu.au

Projects:

Current projects are as follows. If you are interested in being involved in any of these projects, or want further information, feel free to contact the Education Subcommittee at any time.

Student Essay Prize
Entries have closed for 2008. Winning an highly commended essays will be published in BAMOS during 2009.

The winner for 2007 was Helen Duncan of Monash University for her essay The Southern Ocean and its Role in the Marine Carbon Cycle, published in BAMOS Volume 20 No. 2. Examples of other submissions (runners up) may be found in Volume 20 No. 3 and Volume 20 No. 4 .

Art Competition

School Curriculum
We are investigatingthe feasibility of including Meteorological examples within the School Mathematics curriculum in Victoria. Rob Willis has written an article, Turning to Meteorology for Teaching and Learning Resources, which was published (in two parts) in Vinculum, a publication of the Mathematical Assoication of Victoria and reproduced in BAMOS Volume 20 No. 5 for the information of AMOS members. Part III of the article will be published in BAMOS in 2008.

Study at University
We maintain an web page linking to universities that teach Meteorology and Oceanography, either as part of a undergraduate stream or as a short course. Please send us any corrections or suggestions.

Further Links
Science and Industry

FASTS – Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies

http://www.fasts.org/

ASISTEM – Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology & Mathematics

http://www.asistm.edu.au/asistm/

Educational Interfaces between Mathematics and Industry

http://www.cim.pt/eimi/

Schools

Science Week

http://www.scienceweek.gov.au/

Scientists in Schools

Scientists in Schools is a national program that seeks to bring volunteer scientists [including applied scientists, engineers and mathematicians] together with teachers into an ongoing professional partnership, with the aim of increasing awareness of contemporary scientific endeavour and knowledge within our school communities. You can find more information on the program at www.scientistsinschools.edu.au. The partnerships are completely flexible - both partners bring their professional expertise and professional requirements into the mix and they decide together how they will proceed, with support from the Scientists in Schools team. Scientists in Schools started in July 2007 and at present there are nearly 1500 partnerships across Australia. However, there are many teachers who are currently registered and waiting for "their" scientist and we expect this number to grow significantly in 2010.

http://www.scientistsinschools.edu.au/