The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has been a pioneer in the development of online educational materials since 1996. With changing technology, the AMS has worked with faculty to enhance their online course offerings as well as introduce new educational resources to the e-classroom, including labs and case studies. With support from NSF, NASA, and NOAA, AMS Weather Studies, AMS Ocean Studies, and AMS Climate Studies, are high-caliber, scientifically-authentic, introductory, undergraduate level Earth Science courses that investigate current topics in Earth science through the use of real-world environmental data.
Designed to be adaptable to traditional, hybrid, or online instructional settings, these courses have already been adopted by more than 650 colleges and universities across the United States, with an increasing number offering the courses completely online or in a hybrid learning environment. The courses are licensed (for the small fee of $149 for a full year, unlimited students, and unlimited sections) by a diverse set of academic institutions and training programs, including the U.S. Navy.
AMS Weather Studies, AMS Ocean Studies, and AMS Climate Studies may be implemented as a new institutional course offering, a revision of an existing course, the expansion of an existing course to include a lab component, or may be used to create an online course, particularly as an online lab science course. These courses are unique in that they can be offered in completely online, blended, and face-to-face lecture or lecture/laboratory learning environments by experienced science faculty or those new to teaching the subject matter. Mentoring by AMS-trained course instructors is available to all new instructors.
AMS Weather Studies, AMS Ocean Studies, and AMS Climate Studies aim to interest all students in the geosciences and increase scientific literacy through the use of real-world data. For more information, please visit http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu.
