Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies CIMSS

For more information...

  • For more information please contact:
  • Margaret Mooney
    CIMSS/SSEC, UW-Madison
    1225 W. Dayton St.
    Madison, WI 53706
    Phone: 608-265-2123

Teacher Workshops and Educator Opportunities

 

  • ESIP Teacher Workshop
    ESIP Educator Workshops

    CIMSS has co-organized teacher workshops at summer meetings of the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) since 2009. Due to the pandemic, 2020 and 2021 went virtual, reaching 40+ teachers from around the country each year.
    Check back for 2022.

  • GOES-T Teacher Workshop - February 2022

    The GOES-T Teacher Workshop at Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for February 28th, 2022, the afternoon prior to the GOES-T launch
    (COVID19 dependant).

  • GOES-S Teacher Workshop - August 2017

    Lockheed Martin, builders of the GOES-R Series of Satellites, opened it's Littleton Colorado campus to educators in August 2017 for a 1-day STEM workshop. It was a great chance to learn about the GOES-R satellite series, resources from NOAA, NASA & CIMSS, and see the fully assembled GOES-S satellitte!

  • Climate Change Course
    Online Global and Regional Climate Change Course

    This web-based course on climate change is tailored to middle and high school science teachers. Content is freely available to all. There is also a log in feature to register and work through the course asynchronously before receiving a PDF certificate of completion indicating 20 hours of continuing education.

  • GOES-16
    2016 GOES-R Launch Workshop

    CIMSS organized a teacher workshop at the historical launch of the GOES-R satellite in November 2016 as part of the GOES-R Education Proving Ground. The agenda and presentations can be found on-line at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education/goesr/workshop.html

  • MOOCs

  • 2015 Great Lakes MOOC

    In 2015 CIMSS collaborated with UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) to develop and deliver a Massive Open On-Line Course (MOOC) on the Changing Weather and Climate in the Great Lakes Region. Over 6,000 people enrolled! Content unique to the course has been retained here.
  • TRW
    2014 Satellites & Education Conference

    CIMSS hosted the 27th gathering of the Satellites & Education Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2014 with presentations by NOAA, NASA, CIMSS and SSEC. The program and power-point presentations are on-line at this link.