WeatherBug Schools - Classroom Connections: August 2009

Meteorology Careers — August 2009

Dear Educator,

Welcome back to another school year! WeatherBug® Schools is extremely excited about the new year, and look we forward to bringing your students some great weather-related content! To start off, WeatherBug Schools is happy to announce the 5th Annual Hurricane Webinar!

Join Broadcast Meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli for a 30-minute webinar on hurricanes. He will cover various topics such as the key ingredients needed for development, the stages of development, meteorological make-up, forecasting, what to expect this year, what to do when a hurricane moves inland and more!

Participating in this webinar is easy. For details on how to participate or to register your school, select one of the two sessions below. Please note that these webinars are intended for classes in grades 4-12.
Space is limited so register today!

So what does it take to be a meteorologist like Steve Prinzivalli?

Meteorology is not the study of meteors, contrary to what some of your students may think. Meteorology is the study of weather and weather forecasting. Most of us are amateur meteorologists to some degree. Anytime we look outside and predict it will rain or snow, we are forecasting. Meteorologists just use a lot more data and analysis to formulate their forecasts. As with many other careers, a degree is required to be a meteorologist. So staying in school is a must. Furthermore, you must love science and math (particularly equations)! If science isn't your cup of tea, then maybe meteorology isn't for you.

When most of us hear the job title meteorologist, we think of the person on TV. The TV weather anchor is definitely the glamour position in the field, but what kind of careers can a meteorologist have outside of TV? What does your class think? Our own meteorologist Rachel Peterson delves more into this subject in this month's RWI Video, Meteorology Careers, and asks meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli, "What does it take to be a meteorologist?"

	Rachel's Real-World Instruction (RWI) Video - Meteorology Careers For broadcast meteorologists like Steve Prinzivalli, the duties of a meteorologist are more than just being on camera. View in Windows Media or View in Quicktime
	RWI Lesson - Weather Activities Thanks to The NEED Project for providing this month's learning activities which contain weather-related activities for various grade levels, including an article on hurricanes!
	Register for the 2009 Hurricane Webinar for schools! Join WeatherBug Broadcast Meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli for a half-hour webinar about one of nature's most violent storm events – hurricanes. This presentation is intended for students in grades 4-12. Space is limited, so make sure to register your class today: Tue, Sep 15, 2009 - 11:00 AM - 11:45 PM EDT or Tue, Sep 22, 2009 - 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM EDT.

Thanks for reading this month's issue of Classroom Connections, and we hope you'll join us next month for the 2009 Hurricane Webinar!

Regards,

Andy Hausman
WeatherBug Customer Relations Manager

Phone: 800-544-4429 extension 4208
Email: ahausman@aws.com
Web: weatherbugschools.com

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