While reasonable efforts will be made to adhere to the advertised package, Penn State Conferences and Institutes reserves the right to substitute speakers and/or seminar content.
Below are sample schedules based on last year’s camps. Final schedules will be posted as they become available.
Weather Camp Sample Schedule
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 2:00–4:45 p.m. | Arrival and move in |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | Dinner Joel N. Myers Weather Center |
| 7:00 p.m. | Department Tour |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. | Weather Forecast: First Weather Forecast
Info: Weather Balloon Launch Analysis: Weather Balloon Data: Old School, But Useful |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Lunch Dining Hall |
| 1:00–4:45 p.m. | Info: TV Weather with Rob
Analysis: Finding Patterns in Data: Isotherms Info/Research: The Hurricane, Dr. Jake Carstens |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | 1/2 Group: Weather World and Dinner, Walker Building
Other 1/2: Dinner, Dining Hall |
| 7:00 p.m. | Television Studio Training |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. | Weather Forecast: Second Weather Forecast
Tour: AccuWeather |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Lunch AccuWeather |
| 1:00–4:45 p.m. | Broadcast: Broadcast creation in the TV studio with Rob Lydick
Analysis: Completing isotherm analyses during broadcast creation |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | 1/2 Group: Weather World and Dinner, Walker Building
Other 1/2: Dinner, Dining Hall |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Movie: Walker Building |
| 9:15 p.m. |
Info: Above the Clouds: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. |
Tour: NWS Weather Forecast: Third Weather Forecast |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Pizza Lunch Walker Building |
| 1:00–4:45 p.m. |
Info: Jonathan Guseman, WCM, NWS: Severe Weather in Pennsylvania Weather experiments with Bill. Research: Dr. David Stensrud: What is the PBL? Tour: Sustainability Research Center (just before the game) |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | Dinner At the ballgame |
| 7:00 p.m. | State College Spikes baseball game |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. |
Info: Mr. James Guyton, coordinator of multicultural affairs: College support systems Awards: Certificate presentation Exit surveys |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Pizza Lunch Walker Building |
| 1:00–1:45 p.m. | Depart and move out!
Family tours |
Advanced Weather Camp Sample Schedule
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 2:00–4:45 p.m. | Arrival and move in |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | Dinner Joel N. Myers Weather Center |
| 7:00 p.m. | Weather Center and TV Studio Tour |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. | Weather Forecast: First Weather Forecast
Info: Weather Balloon Launch from the roof of Walker Building Tour: CTP NWS Forecast Office and Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center (MARFC) |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Pizza Lunch East Campus |
| 1:00–4:45 p.m. |
Info: Severe weather data mining with WeatherSTEM TV broadcast prep. Research: Dr. Richard Alley: Get rich and save the world! |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | 1/2 Group: Weather World and Dinner, Walker Building
Other 1/2: Dinner, Dining Hall |
| 7:00 p.m. | Television Studio Training |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. | Weather Forecast: Second Weather Forecast
Tour: AccuWeather |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Lunch AccuWeather |
| 1:00–4:45 p.m. |
Broadcast: Broadcast creation in the TV studio with Dr. Jon Nese Analysis: Vertical structure of the troposphere and isoplething Info: Cameron and Denys: The Skew T Diagram |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | 1/2 Group: Weather World and Dinner, Walker Building
Other 1/2: Dinner, Dining Hall |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Info/Research: The Hurricane: Dr. Jake Carstens Movie: The Day After Tomorrow |
| 9:15 p.m. |
Info: Above the Clouds: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. |
Weather Forecast: Third Weather Forecast Research: Dr. Tim Kane: What is space weather? |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Pizza Lunch Walker Building |
| 1:00–4:45 p.m. |
Research: Dr. Manzhu Yu: Air pollution and human exposure Weather experiments with Bill. Info: Dr. Victoria Sanchez, associate dean, Educational Equity: College support systems Analysis: Isoplething wrap-up |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | Dinner Bellefonte Lanes |
| 7:00 p.m. | Bowling night! |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. |
Research: Dr. Steve Greybush: Martian weather Info: Dr. Jon Nese: College meteo programs Weather Forecast: Fourth Weather Forecast |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Lunch Walker Building |
| 1:00–4:45 p.m. | Research: ASOS at Rock Springs Farm
Research: Dr. Ken Davis: Critical zone measurements, watershed analysis Info: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | Dinner Dining Hall |
| 7:00 p.m. | Free time |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30–8:15 a.m. | Breakfast Pollock Commons |
| 8:30–11:30 a.m. |
Sustainability Research Center and Garden tour Awards: Certificate presentation Exit surveys |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Pizza Lunch Walker Building |
| 1:00–1:45 p.m. | Depart and move out!
Family tours |