Carlos Garza, Director for

the NASA-Clark Atlanta Urban Raingauge Network, is no stranger to this

type of weather research. He headed the National Weather Service offices

in Georgia for 18 years before going into a more formal research environment

at Clark Atlanta University.

"I have always enjoyed

working with schools and talking about weather," Garza said. "Now

I have an opportunity to continue to provide real-time research projects

to students from the K-level all the way to the college level."

Bullock sees several possibilities

for her students.

"First of all, it is quite

an honor to be involved with agencies that work on environmental issues,"

she said. "But the most important thing that will come out of this

is that Kedron students will be able to see that they will be helping

scientists learn more about the environment in which we all live in."

Kedron Elementary will be one

of nearly 35 schools that will provide data to NASA through Clark Atlanta

University on this research project. In addition, the data will be available

to school students to look at and perform analysis of rain over their

school while comparing this to other metro areas.