JEROME PATOUX
DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE

INTRODUCTORY METEOROLOGY

From the underlying physics principles to the most complex weather and climate processes, from turbulence at the smallest scales to atmospheric oscillations at the largest planetary scales, from local weather (fog, thunderstorms) to global processes (El Niño), an overview of the atmospheric sciences that includes simple demonstrations, historical and philosophical perspectives, societal and political impacts, and more. (Weather 101, UW, 2006-present.)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Teacher training from 1st to 12th grade, with an emphasis on weather and climate science content, engaging the students through hands-on experiments and inquiry, leading discussions and fostering meaning-making through talk, logical reasoning and critical thinking, curriculum and earth science kits, national and state standards, EARLs and GLEs.

• Observing Evidence of Learning (NSF) - Institute of Systems Biology, Seattle Public Schools (2007-ongoing)
• Systems Education Approach to Science (Howard Hughes Foundation) - Institute of Systems Biology, Renton School District (2008-2011)
• FOSS Air and Weather (Renton School District 2006, Seattle Archdiocese 2006)
• Climate Change (University of Washington, 2006)
• Partnership for Student Success in Science PS3 (California, 2005)
• Understanding the physics of the atmosphere (University of Washington, 2004)
• Seattle School District Summer Science Institute (Seattle, 1999-2000)

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

NSF-funded development of SCIENCE OF WEATHER, a weather and climate module for middle and high school, field-tested at Garfield High School, Ida B. Wells Middle College, and American Indian Heritage Middle College in Seattle.

80 worksheets including:

• Hands-on experiments and discussions.
• Math applications, including graphing, line-fitting, functions and equation solving, proportional reasoning, fractions and ratios.
  
• Reading assignments with an emphasis on writing, summarizing, and SAT applications.
• Map coloring, contouring, and analysis.
• History and politics of science.

PROJECTS IN SCHOOLS (K-12)

Hands-on experiments, introduction to logical reasoning, critical thinking, backward and forward reasoning, deductions and inferences, causes and effects, analogies, systemic thinking, map analysis, graphing, writing, communicating in science, constructive criticism, peer review and the dynamics of the scientific community.