Meteorologists have virtually visited SAS classrooms in the spring of 2020 and 2021. Our contact is Tim Brice at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association: tim.brice@noaa.gov. Please contact Mr. Brice to arrange for a meteorologist to visit with Grade 3 students. Educational outreach is part of the National Weather Service programming and they are happy to do this for our kids! They work 24 hours a day, so the time zone difference is not a problem!
Learners learn more about extreme weather events through these videos from the National Geographic Education Resource Library. Results include an interactive game perfect for grades three and up.
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2020 by 
Snowflake Bentley by 
Hurricanes! (New Edition) by 
Hot Air by 
Weather balloon being released by a meteorologist. It contains helium gas, allowing the balloon to rise many kilometres through the atmosphere. A sensor attached below the balloon (in protective styrofoam packaging, white) will measure ozone distribution up to and beyond the ozone layer at 20-30 kilometres altitude. Ozone at this level (formed by sunlight) absorbs dangerous types of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in sunlight. Chlorinated gases used by humans have decreased polar ozone levels, increasing exposure to this UV radiation at high latitudes. Photographed at the Finnish Meteorological Institute's Arctic Research Centre (FMI-ARC), Sodankyla, in Finnish Lapland. (from Brittanica's Image Quest database).
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