Enlightening Lightning! Coupling Earth Systems Research to K-12 Education Using Planetarium Presentations

明雷！将地球系统研究与K-12教育相结合使用天文馆演示本项目向学生介绍地球和大气过程的基础，使用天文馆演示作为课堂外的学习环境。 该项目开发了一套以雷暴为主题的课程，重点是闪电。该课程针对5至8年级的学生，包括多媒体天空穹顶程序（幻灯片，视频，模拟）和同伴书面和实验室材料与探究式练习。这些材料是通过天文馆设施传播的一系列课程汇编（包括气候、天气和水循环）中的第一批。关于雷暴和闪电的学习单元目前有几种形式，包括基于网络的单元、传统文本、视频或电影演示以及在博物馆的静态展示。然而，天文馆的设施通常被绕过雷暴和闪电课程材料的发展。天文馆的环境有利于演示从太空探测闪电，例如，通过美国宇航局的热带降雨测量使命，闪电成像传感器和光学瞬态探测器收集的数据。此外，可以显示和描述验证地面闪电探测的现场活动。闪电研究中的关键问题可以确定。教师和学生在不同的学术部门（大气科学，物理学，教育，可视化科学）以及在总理研究机构（NSSL）的参与将明显提高在所有这些机构的能力，积极参与研究转移到教育的小学和中学学生。

Enlightening Lightning!Coupling Earth Systems Research to K-12 EducationUsing Planetarium PresentationsThis project introduces students to the foundations of earth and atmospheric processes using planetarium presentations as an out-of-classroom learning milieu. This project develops a curriculum ensemble on the topic of thunderstorms, with a concentration on lightning. The curriculum targets students in grades 5 through 8 and includes both a multi-media sky-dome program (slides, video, simulations) and companion written and laboratory materials with inquiry-based exercises. These materials are the first in a series of curriculum ensembles (covering climate, weather and the water cycle) for dissemination through planetarium facilities. Learning modules on thunderstorms and lightning are currently available in several formats, including web-based modules, conventional texts, video or film presentations, and as static displays in museums. However, planetarium facilities have typically been by-passed in the development of thunderstorm and lightning curriculum materials. The planetarium environment facilitates demonstration of lightning detection from space, for example, through data collected by NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Lightning Imaging Sensor, and Optical Transient Detector. In addition, field campaigns to validate lightning detection on the ground can be shown and described. Key questions in lightning research can be identified. Participation by faculty and students in diverse academic departments (atmospheric science, physics, education, visualization sciences) as well as at premier research institutions (NSSL) will demonstrably enhance the capacity at all those institutions to be actively engaged in transferring research to education for elementary and secondary students.