Jonathan Aurnou

Teaching Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics with Interactive Demonstrations part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Morning Workshops:Teaching Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics with Interactive Demonstrations
Weather, ocean, and climate processes are often notoriously difficult for students and educators to conceptualize. In this three-day workshop, participants will gain knowledge using simple experiments to create ...

Teaching atmosphere, ocean, and planetary fluid dynamic fundamentals vividly with rotating tanks part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Morning Workshops:Teaching atmosphere, ocean, and planetary fluid dynamic fundamentals vividly with rotating tanks
Participants will each receive a hands-on, do-it-yourself rotating fluid dynamics kit (https://diynamics.github.io). The workshop will convey how to build and modify this kit; how to use it to teach fundamental concepts on ocean, atmosphere and climate processes; and discuss how best to adapt these kits to the needs of different learning environments.