<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thanks for the reminder randy<br><br>Cheers, Scott<div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Scott W. McIntosh</div><div>High Altitude Observatory</div><div>NCAR/UCAR, Boulder CO<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">&nbsp;</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">off: (303) 497-1544</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">mob: (720) 340-6263</span></div><div><br>On Jan 14, 2013, at 16:21, Randy Russell &lt;<a href="mailto:rrussell@ucar.edu">rrussell@ucar.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
  
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I can do early to mid March, but not
      late March.<br>
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      Reminder, tomorrow is the deadline for abstracts for the Denver
      NSTA regional.<br>
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      FYI, here are samples of two abstracts Spark has already
      submitted:<br>
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      <b><big>Teaching Computational Thinking: Examples from Weather and
          Climate Modeling</big></b><br>
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      Computer modeling and computational thinking are critical
      components of modern science. Workshop participants will try out
      several activities which illustrate aspects of computational
      thinking and systems science. Topics include simulations, model
      resolution, feedback loops, scaling and the need for
      supercomputers, limitations of models, uncertainty, and more.
      Activities will focus on specific examples from weather and
      climate modeling, but the principles are applicable to many
      different scientific and engineering disciplines.<br>
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      <b><big>Computer Games, Simulations, and Virtual Labs for STEM
          Education</big></b><br>
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      We will present the equivalent of a "literature review" or
      "consumer's report" of a broad range of computer games,
      interactive computer-based simulations, and virtual laboratories
      intended for use in STEM education. This review will cover various
      science content disciplines - including the physical sciences,
      life sciences, and Earth sciences - as well as math and
      engineering topics. We will present materials from a broad array
      of sources. We will also direct participants to a web site that
      provides more in-depth and extensive listings and reviews of such
      resources than we can cover during a one-hour presentation.
      Although there are several good online collections of such
      resources focused on specific topics (e.g. astronomy education) or
      from specific sources (e.g. NOAA's games web site), we believe
      this web site is the first to present such a collection spanning
      the gamut of sources and STEM content disciplines. We will briefly
      demonstrate several games, simulations, and virtual labs during
      the course of this presentation. We will also demonstrate some of
      the educational games and simulations developed by our group at
      NCAR (the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder),
      which focus primarily on Earth science topics.<br>
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      On 1/14/2013 11:36 AM, Scott W. McIntosh wrote:<br>
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      <div>So sorry for the radio silence on EMP. I have been almost
        completely focussed on getting my commitments to the upcoming
        NASA IRIS mission under control. I completely blew the planning
        for meeting this month.&nbsp;</div>
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      <div>Early next month we are expecting a baby and that has been
        playing on my mind/time a lot too. sigh.</div>
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      <div>Would everyone be suited to a one/two day meeting in early to
        mid March here? I think we have enough funds to cover a lot of
        travel and accommodation - I will double check with Joanne
        before I commit to anything though.</div>
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      <div>I will have one more canvas to the folks who attended the
        meeting in Australia about uploading photos and I have yet to
        pull the professional images taken by the North Queensland
        Tourist Bureau that (by helping them) we were able to get access
        to.</div>
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      <div>Hope that you are all well, staying away from the nasty flu
        virus and are looking forward to a busy collaboration in 2013.</div>
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                                                Head: Solar Transients
                                                &amp; Space Weather<br>
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                                                National Center for
                                                Atmospheric Research<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:
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                                                &nbsp;303 497 1544 &nbsp;<br>
                                                &nbsp;(Room 3624) &nbsp;High
                                                Altitude Observatory<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:
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                                                &nbsp;303 497 1589<br>
                                                &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3080 Center Green
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                                                &nbsp; &nbsp;720 340 6263<br>
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                                                CO 80301<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:
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