Weather’s Fair in North Sydney

School students from the Epping, Beecroft and Cheltenham areas will be showing off their weather projects at a Weather Fair to be held at Macquarie University.

The students have spent the past semester measuring, observing and researching the weather as part of the Meteorology in Schools project involving Beecroft Public School, Cheltenham Girls High School and Epping, Epping Heights and Epping North Public Schools.

Through the project, each school has received a pocket electronic weather station to take measurements at their schools and as far away as Ourimbah Rainforest, Canberra and the Snowy Mountains. The students took daily weather readings and compared their data with figures from the Bureau of Meteorology.

As well as weather studies, the students have also completed open-ended science and technology investigations as part of CSIRO’s CREativity in Science and Technology (CREST) Awards.

The Meteorology in Schools project is managed by CSIRO and is part of the Australian Schools Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics project funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training.

Evaluation of the project by Macquarie University will result in a set of guidelines for schools Australia-wide who want to use a context (such as meteorology) to teach science, maths and technology.

Student work will be on display at the SAM Building, Macquarie University, between 10.30 am and 2.30 pm on Wednesday 15 November 2006. Visitors are welcome to attend the Weather Fair.

Media invitiation

Media are invited to attend the Weather Fair. Arrangements for interviews and photos/video can be made on the day (permission for use of student images must be cleared before publication). Please call Liz Yuncken for more information.