Project Tornado with Rusty Garrett

 

News 10′s Chief Weather Anchor, Rusty Garret is back this Spring to educate students about severe weather in Central Texas through a program called Project Tornado. Project Tornado brings life saving information into classrooms across Central Texas. Over the past two decades, Rusty has enjoyed bringing this program to literally tens of thousands of children from kindergarten to high school.

Over the past few years the requests for Rusty to bring Project Tornado to classrooms has been tremendous, so much in fact it is impossible for him to travel to and speak to all the students in Central Texas.    In October of 2007, a solution materialized in the form of Videoconferencing!

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Be a Part of Project Tornado!

Check here for available dates/times

 

  • Recommended grade levels 1st grade through 6th.  Younger students could be upset easily by the intense nature of the sessions.
  • The sessions will be a 1 on 1 with your class, so they will be on a first come, first serve basis.
  • If there is a session you want that has been filled, when you register you can be put on a waiting list in case of cancellations.
  • Please check out the wiki here: http://weatherwithrusty.wikispaces.com/ for prep work and expectations.

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Links
|| Rusty Garrett’s Bio || Project Tornado Home || Project Tornado Booklet .pdf ||  KWTX Web Site ||

TEKS and CSCOPE connection
Science TEKS Elementary :
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter112/ch112a.htmlGrade 1(7)  Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur. The student is expected to:

(C)  observe and record changes in weather from day to day and over seasons;
CSCOPE – Unit 01 Investigating Weather 1st 6 weeks, 1st half.

Grade 2
(7)  Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur. The student is expected to:
(D)  observe, measure, and record changes in weather, the night sky, and seasons.
CSCOPE – Unit 04 2nd Six Weeks, 2nd half;  Gr 2 Unit 05: Making Good Choices: Weather Safety

Grade 3
(8)  Earth and space. The student knows there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among objects in the sky. The student is expected to:
(A)  observe, measure, record, and compare day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction, and precipitation;
CSCOPE – Unit 05 Investigating the Natural World 4th Six Weeks

Grade 4
(6)  Science concepts. The student knows that change can create recognizable patterns. The student is expected to:
(A)  identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis, and objects in the sky;
CSCOPE – Unit 01 Investigating the Universe (Exemplar Lesson 01: Weather Watch) 1st Six Weeks

Grade 5
(8)  Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system. The student is expected to:
(A)  differentiate between weather and climate;
CSCOPE – Unit 04: Forces that shape the Earth (Exemplar Leson 01: Changes over time; water cycle, rain) 3rd six weeks
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