AccuWeather injects the sizzle of science all summer long with fun lessons from expert meteorologists on weather-related and STEM topics for remote learning during COVID-19 lock down.
Published: July 24, 2020
Global weather and digital media leader AccuWeather is continuing to provide fun, science-based learning all summer long for children, parents and interested adults during lockdown restrictions and social distancing due to COVID-19.
AccuWeather Summer Camp is a FREE, virtual educational series that draws upon insights from AccuWeather expert meteorologists, teaching hands-on science lessons and activities remotely while would-be “campers,” parents and others are sheltering at home. The content is developed and produced by AccuWeather experts and is available across many digital AccuWeather platforms.
AccuWeather Summer Camp features daily lessons on accuweather.com and AccuWeather’s various social channels designed to engage school-aged children, whose regular learning and activity settings have been limited to lessen the impact of the Coronavirus spread. AccuWeather Summer Camp combines reading materials along with compelling visual experiments, learning activities and craft projects for an engaging, well-rounded, and fun, educational experience.
The lessons are accessible from visiting the AccuWeather Summer Camp page where users will find various weather-related and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) lessons, designed for the summertime and the great outdoors. At-home broadcasters and personalities from AccuWeather will also be adding their own updates during the 2:00 pm hour EDT on the AccuWeather Network, Monday through Friday. The national channel is available to DIRECTV, Verizon Fios and Frontier subscribers.
Active participation is welcomed, with some lessons even encouraging users to engage with AccuWeather’s Facebook and Twitter pages using the #AccuWeatherSummerCamp hashtag. Lessons are also designed to simulate a day at camp, with activities typically taking 5-15 minutes to read through, with one-minute-long instructional videos, rounded out with hands-on follow up activities further bringing those lessons to life.
AccuWeather has a long history of supporting creative, educational pursuits and programs, with an emphasis on STEM fields and topics. Other AccuWeather Summer Camp topics include “Make your own thermometer,” “Space Exploration: Let’s find the International Space Station,” “Make your own beaver dam” and many more fun, educational activities and lessons updated daily.