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Weather and the Weather Station
Miller Heights Elementary
School, Academic Year 2011-2012
Grade 2 |
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Dr. DeLeo came into our classrooms to describe the weather station that he was going to place on the roof of our school. He wanted us to see the weather station before he moved it to the roof. The weather station is wireless. This means that the weather readings are sent by radio waves (without wires) right to display units in our classrooms. So, after Dr. DeLeo places the weather station on the roof, we will be able to see the outside temperature, wind speed, and so forth from right in our classrooms!
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Weather is one of the science units we are studying this year. Before the end of the year, we will know a real lot about the weather. The weather station has instruments that measure, temperature, wind direction, wind speed, rainfall, and relative humidity. We already knew about many of these. Dr. DeLeo asked one of us to help him explain some of the weather instruments to the rest of the class. In the photo, she is holding one of the weather receivers that will stay in a classroom.
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| After the weather station was in our classrooms for a few weeks, Dr. DeLeo brought it up to the roof of the school. He had to go up a ladder, but fortunately, he had help from Mrs. Eltringham. She asked Dr. DeLeo if he had anything else for her to carry up since she had a free hand! |
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The photo below on the left shows Dr. DeLeo installing the weather station on the roof of our school. It is held down by three concrete blocks, so it would take winds stronger than a hurricane to move it. |
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| Sensors, shown in the photo on the right, measure temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, and rainfall. The readings are transmitted to receivers in the classrooms, which are just below the weather station. A close-up of one of the indoor weather receivers is shown to the far right. |
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Below are six photos showing the weather station as seen from the ground. The view gets closer and closer if you view the first row from left to right and then the second row from left to right (like the way you read a book). |
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Dr. DeLeo was on the roof while one of the Miller Heights reporters interviewed him. The reporter asked Dr. DeLeo questions about the weather station. It's strange that the weather on the roof was so much colder and windier than that on the ground. To see the VIDEO, click the play button on the photo on the left.
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Our teachers are helping us to record the weather as part of our science unit on weather. As part of the program, we each got a weather placemat to keep. Science is great! |
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I hope you have enjoyed this web presentation as much as we enjoyed sharing the actual learning experience with your son or daughter. Although we have endeavored to exclude photographs where permission has been denied, it is possible for errors to occur. If you would like us to remove a photograph of your son or daughter for any reason, please send me an e-mail message at lgd0@lehigh.edu or call me at 610-758-3413, and we will remove it promptly. Please note that we will never associate a child's full or last name with a photograph except in circumstances where special permission was explicitly provided. Thank you. Gary DeLeo. |
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