The CAPS Outreach Program is funded by the National Science Foundation
Welcome
to the CAPS Education and Outreach homepage! Featured on this
page are experimental activities which can be used in to explain
elementary meteorological concepts in the classroom. Many activities are designed for small group participation.
This will provide opportunities for students to be participants
in the explorations and will promote communication and cooperation
skills. In a few instances the students will work in pairs or
alone, but when the activity is presented as a small group, the
group size will vary according to teacher discretion. A few activities
are for large groups and will involve the entire class.
The majority of the activities can be done in fifteen to twenty
minutes if all the materials are collected ahead of time. In some
cases two or more activities can be completed within a twenty
minute period. A few activities are more involved and will require
a longer time.
Be accepting of the fact that things don't always work exactly
as intended. If an activity doesn't work as you expected, just
help the students understand that this sometimes happens and that
this is part of learning, too. Background information for teachers
and students can be found within the pages of the "Tornado
Alley Chronicles." In addition, a very good source of background
information can be found in the "USA Today: The Weather Book."
ENJOY!!!
EMAIL: mpalmer@ou.edu