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Show Sun Chronicle Thursday, March 25, 1976 Page 3 Weather and balloons can be fun, if you're a first grader Wind, balloons: great combination ,, ' . , :ym - Write a note; cover it with plastic and tie balloon. When the wind it to a helium-filleis just right in the direction you want to send your notes, let the balloon fly andvwatch it disappear over the mountains. Seems like an unreliable and cumbersome means of transporting a message? Not to the first graders at North Park Elementary school. The launching of three large, bright red weather balloons was the climax to the students project on weather. Capt. Edward Perantoni, Hill Air Force Base meteorologist, brought the balloons and helium along with sample computer printouts of weather maps and satellite photographs, a simple barometer and rain gauge to the school last Friday for a special career discussion with the North Park first " j'n helps first graders David Mayberry (left) and Debbie Perantoni wrap notes which will be tied to the weather balloons. Each First Grade student at North Park Elementary wrote a short note to whomever finds the balloon when it finally drops to earth. Here the notes are being wrapped in plastic to withstand any storms which may be encountered before reach someone. they - v d SGT. GARY HIRST "A ' W ' ;; X. c O V4'? i grade students. The lesson on weather was not new to the children. The students during the previous month had carefully noted and recorded outside temperatures each day as they learned about clouds and air currents, low and high pressure areas and barometers. Under the direction of the first grade teachers Sharon Kendell, Eileen Larsen and Marilyn Woodland, the students prepared for the Friday event. And the balloons? Well, students will understand a little more about wind and air currents when they receive replies from whomever finds the grounded balloons. The students notes request the person who finds the deflated balloon after its reunion with the earth to write to North Park School. Capt. Perantoni told the children the balloons would be well aver the mountains "and possibly into' Wyoming by the time the children left school that day, as the wind was blowing strongly toward the eastern mountains. The meteorologists presentation was coordinated with the North Park Schools career education, which is being stressed in the school. The children had a chance to meet someone who worked with weather. They could ask him how he feels about his job, and what it takes to become a meteorologist. The career education concept helps students develop positive attitudes about careers and gives them an idea about the kinds of opportunities available to them, says North Park Principal Lincoln pumped into the bright red balloons. Here Principal Lincoln Sorenson holds the balloon from flapping in the wind while Sgt. Hirst fills it with the gas which will make it rise above the mountains. HELIUM is A MAD DASH of first graders scurry to the edge of the school property to watch the big, red balloons disappear over the Wasatch Mountains. The balloons bear the first graders' notes, which they hope will reach the hands of someone ho will reply to their correspondence. Sorenson. So when you are wondering about the weather and how to spend your weekend, you might ask a first grader about the upcoming weather. He just might be able to help you. 4 clutches tightly the string of two weather balloons hooked together. Her father, Capt. Perantoni gives instructions where to let them go. The two balloons were the final ones launched by the class as part of a project. DEBBIE PERANTONI CAPT. EDWARD PERANTONI stands near student Steven Johnson as he lets go of the weather balloon. |
