A total of 10 workshops are planned statewide in 2000.
Kids love to build things and then watch to see how they turn out.
The JSS-angle of this program is truly magical. It definitely gets kids interested in science and math. Faculty from UF, as well as working scientists and engineers, will give lectures on materials science and engineering, metals, ceramics, polymers and electronic materials and provide hands-on demonstrations to give teachers actual laboratory experiments they can use in their classroom. This program is designed to spark students' interest in science and math by placing satellite weather technology into the classroom. The TRDA trains teachers how to use the technology, so they can teach students how to forecast weather by reading, recording and interpreting data.