“Taking weather to the
people”
Richard
Whitaker, Weather Educator
by
Angela Tsun
A
first for Australian TV; ‘Weather School’,
a funky new education series for secondary
school students tailored around the Geography
curriculum. It’s set to appear on TV screens mid-August, followed
by a national road show, setting the standard for weather
education in this country.
“Taking weather to the people has been my mission statement
throughout my entire career, so to be part of this TV series
is a dream come true!”, said Richard Whitaker,
meteorologist at The
Weather Channel. Richard’s role in this
series is as a researcher, drawing from his extensive meteorological
experience, as well as working alongside the CSIRO,
AUSAID,
State Emergency Services,
Bureau of Meteorology
and of course the Australian Geography School Teachers
association.
On April 12th, he was busy collecting information on topics
like the earth and its seasons, winds of Australia, and natural
hazards, just some of the topics going to be covered.
When Richard was at high school, back in the early 1960’s,
it was space missions that captivated his imagination and
convinced him that science was the way of the future. Forty
years later, he’s still convinced of the same thing!
Richard Whitaker-meteorologist and author
Photo Courtesy of The Weather Channel |
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