The Magic School Bus Gets Weather Wise: A National Traveling Exhibit and Educational Programs on Meteorology

休斯顿儿童博物馆与学术娱乐、国家气象局和美国气象学会（AMS）合作，将开发、制作并在全国范围内流通两(2)份2500平方英尺的副本。互动的展览。这次展览以“魔法校车”为主题，将带领孩子们踏上一段探索地球天气科学的旅程。这个名为“魔法校车能预知天气”的展览，以及附带的教育材料和项目将采用西班牙语和英语双语，并将支持5-10岁儿童科学和数学学习的国家和德克萨斯州标准。据估计，该展览和节目将在六(6)年内为全国36个场馆的2,000,000名儿童和成人提供服务。气象探测站会在展览开始前进行，鼓励市民在展览到达主办场地前参与。医疗辅助队的科学家、本地气象学家和传媒播报员将协助参观者体验，并协助博物馆制定宣传活动和发展本地节目的策略。参观的儿童及其家人将学习气象学是一门研究天气的学科，有不同类型的天气，各种工具用于预测天气，水循环在天气事件中发挥作用。参观者将阅读来自地图、图表、温度计、风速表的数据，并使用互动展览组件进行变量实验和模拟天气条件。

The Children's Museum of Houston, in cooperation with Scholastic Entertainment, the National Weather Service and the American Meteorological Society (AMS), will develop, produce and nationally circulate two (2) copies of a 2,500-sq.ft. interactive exhibit. Using the popular icon of the Magic School Bus, the exhibit will take young children on a journey of discovery to explore the science involved in the Earth's weather. The exhibit, "The Magic School Bus Gets Weather Wise," and accompanying educational materials and programs will be bilingual in Spanish and English and will support national and Texas standards for science and mathematics learning for children aged 5-10. It is estimated that the exhibit and programs will serve 2,000,000 children and adults in 36 national venues over six (6) years.Weather Exploration Stations will precede the exhibit to encourage community engagement prior to the exhibit's arrival at the host venue. AMS scientists, local meteorologists and media weathercasters will assist visitor experiences and help museums with strategies for publicity campaigns and development of local programming. The visiting audiences of children and their families will learn meteorology is a study of weather, there are different types of weather, a variety of tools are used in predicting weather and the water cycle plays a role in weather events. Visitors will read data from maps, graphs, thermometers, anemometers, experiment with variables and model weather conditions using interactive exhibit components.