Weducation, Inc.

Phone: (315) 724-6364

e-mail: weducate@dreamscape.com

website: www.revealingscience.com

Dear Earth Science (or equivalent) Teachers:

I'd like to invite your students to participate in our Free Eighth  Annual National Weather Forecasting and Earth Science Contest. Your students will get a chance to compete against other teams from schools across the USA. They will have a chance to win hundreds of dollars  and additional prizes .  Last year's champ received $250 dollars and additional prizes for their performance. The  2007 championship team got a special tour of a NWS office and the captain received an internship with the National Weather Service.

In this correspondence, I've attached our flyer announcing that the 2010 contest begins on March 15 or 22, 2010.  Your team can choose which day they want to begin. In addition, you will find a sign up sheet for your students to enter the contest. The contest has become so popular in many of our participating schools, that a lottery, contest, or other winnowing process  is used to choose the 5 members of the team.

Although the contest is limited to 5 students, the learning tools, principles, and concepts derived from the contest can be easily adapted to the classroom environment. For the last several years we have been assisting teachers in changing the way that the weather and climate module is taught in the classroom. Find out why an inquiry based methodology is extremely effective for the teaching of earth science. In addition to weather and climate, the contest also covers other earth science topics using an earth systems science approach.

No purchases or special equipment are required. Through the use of existing technology (readily available in all schools) , we can create a high performance learning environment that overcomes the limitations of textbooks. As a result, students are learning first hand that the atmosphere and weather are not 2-D and static but a 4-D dynamic experience.

Please post the flyer and sign up sheet in the earth science classrooms at your school. We hope that you will give your students an opportunity to have a fun learning experience. Only one team per school is allowed. Every school building however, in the district with earth science (or equivalent) can have a participating team.  Contest rules and schedule can be obtained by sending an e-mail with your name and school affiliation to weducate@dreamscape.com.  Any assistance to help us spread the word would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Richard Morris

Meteorologist & Founder

Weducation, Inc.

Flyer             Sign up Sheet