Weather Camp

NCAS Weather Camp Overview

Howard University NOAA Center for Atmospheric Science hosts annual summer weather camps each summer. The weather camp is supported by funds from the NOAA Educational Partnership Program for Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) through the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) at Howard University. This year NCAS will host middle school and high school camps. Camps are being sponsored in Washington, DC, Mayaguez, PR, Jackson, MS, and El Paso, TX. The goals of the program are:

• To provide broad exposure and training for middle school and high school students in weather forecasting, environmental modeling, and measurements
• To encourage bright underrepresented students to consider science and engineering education and careers in college and beyond through dissemination of educational and career opportunities in atmospheric sciences
• To increase the talent pipeline of students pursuing studies in science and engineering in college

Students are engaged in hands-on activities, field experiments, seminars, tours of research facilities, and workshops that expand their knowledge of atmospheric sciences, weather and forecast models, and environmental instrumentation.

Over the course of the program, students also receive exposure to the college experience through their interactions on campus, interactions with Atmospheric Sciences STEM and graduate students, and use of campus computational and academic facilities.

Past sponsors of the weather camp include WeatherBug, The Weather Channel, Accuweather, Noblis, NOAA, EPA, Caelum, and Raytheon.

 

NCAS Weather Camp Application 2012 (F)

2012 Weather Camp Chaperone Flyer

2012 NCAS Weather Camp Chaperone Position Description