In the fall of 2002 Online Weather Studies was substituted as the main mode of delivery for Alaska Pacific University's (APU) 300-level Meteorology and Climate course. This 300-level course requires students to complete Online Weather materials and implement a project in which they apply meteorological data to a practical problem.

During the spring and summer of 2003 a student enrolled in the Meteorology and Climate course used course content to develop weather activities for youth. These activities included establishing a weather station at a Youth Center and recording daily weather (temperature including 24-hour high and low and precipitation) throughout the summer. Student data were compared to data collected at APU’s NWS Cooperative Station by graphing and simple statistical analysis using SPSS. Additionally, the students assisted in designing and building a simple anemometer. Data from the anemometer were plotted into a wind rose using an online computer program (http://www.WINDPOWER.org). Activities were supplemented with field trips to a television newsroom during the weather broadcast and Elemendorf Air Force Base’s 3rd Wing Weather Flight Station. Activities demonstrate how Online Weather can be used by education majors and other students who work with youth groups to use weather as a basis for science education.