June 2003 Nr. 1 - 30/06/03

Overview

1) Climate Encyclopaedia - first units of master version online
2) Teachers training in Poland
3) The prize winners - pupils meet scientists in Nice, Cracow and Hohenpeissenberg (pictures)

ESPERE-ENC Climate Encyclopaedia

The consortium of the ESPERE-ENC project is currently developing the master version of the teaching units. Most of the units meanwhile have been handed over to the educational partners for worksheet preparation. The units are partially published in a preliminary version of the new website, which is not yet linked to the ESPERE front page.

The units will be subject to further illustration and reviewing during the next weeks.

We invite you to have a look on the work in progress, to critisise the contents, give your opinion and bring in further ideas for improvement.

Links to sample pages:

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Urban Climate

Oceanography

Teacher training

The teachers education programme in climate science is a special part of the ESPERE-ENC project within the key initiative East. In the computer laboratory of the Teachers Advancement Centre in Cracow, Poland, the teachers learn about the climate system and how to use ESPERE-ENC teaching units in classes.

The workshops have been organised and carried out by Dr. Marek Walczak, Dr. Anita Bokwa, Pawel Jezioro and Sebastian Wypych.

Impressions from Cracow (Photos by Sebastian Wypych):

Prize winners

The pupils participating in the school competition in spring 2003 developed a description of the climate system as text, referred to Internet links and created a poster.

The winner of the prizes were:

Anna Cajza and her teacher Magdalena Osiadlo accompanied the ESPERE team to the joint EGU/AGU assembly 06.-11. April 2003 at Nice and Anna presented her poster in the educational session. We thank the organizers of the conference for making possible the participation.

		The poster presentation in Nice: Sebastian Wypych and Dr. Anita Bokwa from the Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland. The prizewinner Anna Cajza and her teacher Magdalena Osiadlo.
		left: During the session 'Geophysical Education for Teachers' in the lecture room. right: Anna and Mrs. Osiadlo enjoying the dinner in the old city of Nice. Photos: Elmar Uherek

Sina Frank has been accompanied 20./21. june 2003 by Dr. Katja Mannschreck and Elmar Uherek in the Hohenpeissenberg Observatory of the German weather service and the German Museum in Munich. Many thanks to the scientists working at Hohenpeissenberg for the presentation of their institute and Dr. Mannschreck for the organisation.

Dr. Mannschreck explains the technical equipment in the 'Global Atmosphere Watch' measurment station.	Experienced experts guess: Cloud altitude may be 1500 m.	Sina in the climate exhibition of the German Museum in Munich. Photos: Elmar Uherek

Mateusz Kamiński visited the Jagiellonian University and the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM), Branch Cracow. He has been guided by the Polish ESPERE partners and their colleagues in Cracow. Many thanks to Mrs. Monika Kaseja and Dr. Rafal Bakowski from the synoptic office of IMWM for their committment.

Dr. Rafal Bakowski (IMWM) shows Mateusz and Dr. a. Bokwa the satellite images used in weather forecasting.	Mateusz in the synoptic office of the IMWM.	Dr. Rafal Bakowski (IMWM) explains to Mateusz how the weather forecast is prepared. Photos: S. Wypych

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