NCR-PROBE: Meteorological & Environment Awareness and Education for Youth in Schools of NCR-Delhi

Department of Science and Technology (DST) under its Inter-Sectoral Science and Technology Advisory Committee (IS-STAC) has taken an initiative to launch a scheme on participation of youth in schools in acquisition, generation, use and dissemination of field data. A programme entitled Participation of youth in Real-time / field Observation to Benefit Education (PROBE) has been conceived for the National Capital Region (NCR) and the programme is named as NCR-PROBE.

Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries are school children, teachers and staff of various schools of Delhi.

Objective

To educate the school children, teachers and staff about the Impact of weather and climate on: Atmospheric process, Society, Agriculture, Plants and Safety from natural hazards.

Thematic Areas

• Meteorology & its relationship to our lives
• Meteorological hazards and safety
• Information tools in meteorology
• Relevance of meteorology and environment education in schools
• Observing meteorological data in schools

Installation of Weather Instruments

• Thermometers (Measurement of Temperature)
• Anemometer/Wind Vane (Measurement of Wind Speed and Direction)
• Rain gauge (Instrument for Measurement of rain fall)
• Barometer (Instrument for Measurement of Atmospheric Pressure)

Methodology

The methodology is based on:

• Lecture-cum-Audio-visual presentation
• Exposure-cum-practical demonstration

Workshop on Meteorological Education

Project Summary