Education and Outreach |
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Tallahassee maintains a very active educational outreach program. This includes both visiting schools and inviting students to the office to view office technology and see first-hand how a meteorologist prepares a forecast. WFO Tallahassee personnel have presented general topics on weather to elementary school students; performed as science fair judges in middle schools; conducted in-depth reviews of aviation weather at a high school ROTC program; and lectured to college students at Florida State University on life as a forecaster in the NWS and many other office programs. Many students and teachers are unaware of the varied resources available from NOAA, various other federal agencies, the American Meteorological Society and sundry private sources. The following is a list of easily available outreach resources geared to all school levels and used by this office. This page will be updated monthly and we welcome any suggestions or additions. If you have any questions or would like to arrange an outreach activity please contact Ron Block at ron.block@noaa.gov or call (850) 942-8833 during normal business hours.
Weather Awareness and Preparedness Publications & Brochures |
DOC/NOAA Educational Resources
NASA/NOAA SciJinks | http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/weather/ |
CDC Natural Disasters | http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/ |
NOAA Education Resources | www.education.noaa.gov |
Weather Coloring Books for Kids | www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/bm/bm_main.html |
OAR's Education Links | www.oar.noaa.gov/education/ |
Storm Prediction Center | www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/ |
National Hurricane Center | http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml |
NSSL weather room | www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/ |
NCDC | www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/climatedata.html |
UCAR Meteorology Education & Training | meted.ucar.edu/index.htm |
Hurricane FAQs | www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html |
Globe Project | www.globe.gov |
National Weather Service Educational Resources
Weather Forecast Offices
WFO Birmingham Weather for Kids & Teachers
/bmx/kids/weather_kids.html
WFO Jackson Educational Resources
/jan/education_resources.php
WFO Memphis Educational Resources
/meg/education.php
WFO Morristown Weather Education
/mrx/education.php
WFO Little Rock Outreach Page
/lzk/html/reachout.htm
WFO Amarillo Links for Kids
/ama/?n=education
WFO Cleveland Education Page
www.erh.noaa.gov/cle/education/edu.html
WFO Raleigh Classroom Weather
www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/education
Interactive Map for all NWS Homepages
www.srh.noaa.gov/
SE Regional Climate Center Education Center
http://www.sercc.com/education
Other NWS Resources
Playtime for Kids
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/reachout/kidspage.shtml
Interactive Weather Information Network
weather.gov/
Other Federal Government Educational Resources
NASA For Kids Only | Kids.earth.nasa.gov |
NASA's S'COOL | asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/ |
Other NASA Education Material | http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov/index.html |
Even more NASA Education Links | http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/index.html |
FEMA for Kids - Safety Rules | www.fema.gov/kids/ |
USGS Education Pages | water.usgs.gov/education.html |
University Educational Resources
U. Cal. Irvine K-12 Lesson Plans | www.martindalecenter.com |
FSU-Explores | www.met.fsu.edu/explores/ |
Penn State Weather Q & A | weather.psu.edu/weather/qapg/index.html |
Plymouth State Cloud Boutique | vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html |
Plymouth State - Here Comes the Sun | vortex.plymouth.edu/sun.html |
American Meteorological Society Resources
AMS Homepage | www.ametsoc.org/AMS/ |
Careers in Meteorology | www.ametsoc.org/AMS/pubs/careers.html |
Project Datastreme | www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/ |
Foundation for Water/Energy Education - Hydrologic Cycle | www.fwee.org/hlogic.html |
Red Cross Resources | http://www.redcross.org/ |
Science Fair Info. | www.scifair.org |
Canadian Science Fair Homepage | www.stemnet.nf.ca |