Cook Wissahickon installs Weather Station

 Cook Wissahickon Elementary School Joins the [CBS] WeatherBug® Schools Network Philadelphia, PA –  February 27, 2014 – WeatherBug® (www.weatherbug.com), the leading provider of consumer and professional weather products and services and operator of the largest weather observing and lightning network, announced today that Cook Wissahickon School in Philadelphia, PA has joined the WeatherBug Schools Program. The school has installed a new WeatherBug weather station high-definition camera, lightning sensor and web-based educational software tools. The station is able to provide weather data for meteorological teams at CBS  news stations across the country, to broadcast online and on-air. The weather station will also be used to enhance the science, technology and math school curriculum using the WeatherBug Achieve program.

Bringing the WeatherBug Schools Program to the school district was part of a collaborative effort between the staff, the administration and the  H & S . The program will enable students at Cook Wissahickon to more effectively understand the science of meteorology.

“We are excited  to bring a WeatherBug weather station to our school, because it will help bring science to life for our students. It will provide real life lessons & prepare our students for 21st century learning” said Diane Powers at Cook Wissahickon Elementary School. “This weather station and software from WeatherBug will give members of the Cook Wissahickon  community the opportunity to further their knowledge about weather and climate by using current technological tools.

The WeatherBug Schools Program is committed to helping protect schools and provide an engaging teaching tool for students nationwide. The WeatherBug interactive software program, WeatherBug Achieve, enables teachers to apply real-world conditions to help teach skills and concepts in math, science and geography. Teachers and students in K-12 have access to weather local weather conditions from any of the 8,000 WeatherBug sites across the country. Using WeatherBug Achieve, teachers can also create customized learning activities based on current and historical weather conditions from the WeatherBug stations and cameras located at the schools. 

For more information on the WeatherBug Schools Program, visit www.weatherbugschools.com.