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New STORM-E Ready to Rumble
CET Fri Oct 1 2004 

The newest version of the NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future’s weather simulation, STORM-E, has just rolled out.

This scenario asks kids to evaluate weather maps and data from a winter storm. Based on a real-life historic storm, the nor’easter may cause problems for the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City’s Times Square. Students, like the meteorologists they imitate, must use science and mathematics to support their recommendations.

NASA Explorer Schools from Florida, Illinois, Indiana, and Mississippi will connect via videoconference to “Weather Central” at the Classroom of the Future to participate in this weather simulation. During the last school year hundreds of students from five states worked through STORM-E’s first scenario, a potential tornado that threatens an air show in Dayton, OH. Now teachers can use either storm story with their students, but the learning concepts are the same.

STORM-E is an engaging, culminating event to any weather unit. It was designed for use with students in grades 4-6. STORM-E is available to schools with videoconferencing capabilities.

November 10, 2004

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