On Wednesday, Meteorologist Alex O'Brien met virtually with students at Ellicott Elementary to teach them about severe weather in Colorado.
She spoke with the 2nd graders and they learned about winter storms, thunderstorms, tornadoes, flash floods, and wildfires.
The students were encouraged to find a specific spot in their home to hide during a tornado as well as speak with their families about what to do during a wildfire evacuation.
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For more information on how to have First Alert 5 Weather visit with your classroom, email alex.obrien@koaa.com.
Want to get the young scientists and artists in your family involved? Download the First Alert 5 Storm Safe activity book (20MB PDF).
They'll find useful and fun information on winter storms, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, strong winds, tornadoes, flooding, how to be a safety kid, cool ideas for safe at-home experiments, and more!
Your young scientist can also send in a portion of the activity book to be featured in a First Alert 5 forecast.
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