On Wednesday, Meteorologist Alex O'Brien visited students in Pueblo to teach them about severe weather.
She visited the preschoolers at Columbian Elementary School to teach them about winter storms, thunderstorms, flash floods, and tornadoes. The students learned the safety phrase, "When thunder roars, go indoors!". Plus, they got their wiggles out with the weather dance.
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For more information on how to have First Alert 5 Weather visit with your classroom, email alex.obrien@koaa.com.
Want to get the young scientists and artists in your family involved? Download the First Alert 5 Storm Safe activity book (20MB PDF).
They'll find useful and fun information on winter storms, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, strong winds, tornadoes, flooding, how to be a safety kid, cool ideas for safe at-home experiments, and more!
Your young scientist can also send in a portion of the activity book to be featured in a First Alert 5 forecast.
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Curious about the First Alert 5 Weather Storm Impact Scale? Check out our cheatsheet explainer.
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