S'COOL: Quotes from Participants
"My 9th grade students love making their S'COOL observations! Our overpass times are always while they are in classes other than Science. We designed special S'COOL hall passes, and my colleagues who teach other disciplines have been very supportive and allow them to leave class for five minutes to go outside and take their readings." -- High School Teacher, PA, USA
"Last year when I did this project, my first graders got very good at identifying the cloud types. I was impressed with their knowledge at such a young age. I worked with a fourth grade class and that helped with the computer aspect. You might encourage other schools to combine a lower elementary room with an upper elementary room for increased participation and learning." -- Elementary School Teacher, MD, USA
"We have learned a lot and had a great time preparing for and participating in this scientific adventure!" -- Elementary School Teacher, WI, USA
"The kids are having a blast! We had Open House last night and I had several parents comment on doing the cloud observations at night with their child. They were also telling me that they were very impressed to see that their children were doing this project with NASA!" -- Middle School Teacher, TX, USA
"The kids learned and it was fun. [...] the kids did most of it. They felt important." -- 6th grade teacher, Montana, USA
"It was a perfect addition to our Science weather unit and covered the S.O.L.'s [Standards of Learning] as well as spilling into other curriculum areas and getting the class out of the traditional classroom." -- 4th grade teacher, Virginia, USA
"We have to do this ... NASA is depending on us." -- 4th grade student overheard while donning rain gear to make an observation in less than ideal weather.
"My students' involvement and interest level was higher than my expectation. They would not let me stop discussing this topic. They even wanted to miss lunch one day!" -- 3rd grade teacher, South Dakota, USA
"It was a great week. The teacher was excellent, she taught the kids so many subjects related to the project. The kids loved it and learned so much." -- Advisor to 3rd grade class, South Dakota, USA
"It's really a shot in the arm for us to have our kids eager to do anything. They go outside with instruments in hand, subtracting wetbulb/dry bulb readings to figure out humidity, and trying to read our ancient barometer which has four scales on it. [... A learning disabled] science class is joining my fourth period earth science class when we go out. It's good for both sets of kids to see each other doing similar type of work. They take their "job" a little more seriously than most of my class; which serves as a motivational tool." -- High School Earth Science teacher, Pennsylvania, USA
"The kids have been enjoying collecting their data. They feel very important since they are working with NASA." -- High School Science teacher, Pennsylvania, USA
"The most wonderful part of this project has been watching the students become more and more interested in science." -- High School teacher, Norway
"...we almost forgot to observe today. One of our students asked about it at the end of the day; she didn't want us to forget! They think our participation is great." -- K-12 school teacher, New York, USA
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