SOUTHERN COLORADO (KOAA) — On Wednesday, Meteorologist Lauren Brand went back to the classroom to visit second and fourth graders in Fountain and Pueblo. First, she visited STEAM Innovation School in Fountain.
The students were very excited for her to visit and they talked about severe weather and winter storms. Many shared their personal experiences with the kinds of weather that we have had here in Colorado.
Later, Lauren visited Desert Sage Elementary to talk to some second graders. They loved the science experiment that showed them how hail is formed in thunderstorms.
For more information on how to have First Alert 5 Weather visit with your classroom, email lauren.brand@koaa.com.
Want to get your 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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