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What is Storm Zone?StormZone is an FCAT-compliant supplementary curriculum and hurricane preparedness program designed specifically for middle and high schools. StormZone is currently being taught in Broward and Palm Beach Public Schools. With peak hurricane season occurring in September, the interdisciplinary curriculum teaches students about the science of hurricanes and the role of emergency management during a major weather event. Through classroom simulations, StormZone also provides students with an opportunity to learn first-hand how to plan, prepare and recover from hurricanes. After the curriculum is taught, students reconfigure their classroom to represent an Emergency Management Operations Center, form their own civic government by electing a Mayor, and assigning the remaining students Emergency Support Functions (police and fire, housing and shelter, energy services, health and medical care, food and water, transportation) - roles that are critical to preparing for and recovering from a hurricane. The classroom exercise takes approximately four hours to coordinate. The program also instructs families on how to prepare for hurricanes. A Family Hurricane Preparedness Plan is provided that can be copied and taken home by the students, to ensure that families are "hurricane ready." Mr. Bay Proby, StormZone Director, 305/613-4668
or Erik Salna, Hurricane Warning! Project Coordinator, 954/429-0830. |
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