Meeting summary: Report on the Fifth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and oceanographic Education (EWOC99)

The Fifth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education was held 5-9 July 1999 in Ballarat and Melbourne, Australia. Conference delegates included 105 teacher educators, meteorologists, oceanographers, and science communicators representing 13 nations. Principal themes of the conferences were weather and ocean studies in the primary and secondary school classroom (K-12), professional development programs for teachers in meteorology and oceanography, using the Internet for schools and public education, and communicating environmental issues to the public.