Video Conferencing with the Met Office

Live resources for Key Stages 1 through to 5

Unfortunately our video conferencing programme is fully booked and applications are now closed. Booking will re-open in June 2013.

The Met Office is hosting a series of free video conferences for schools and colleges in England. Offering a unique and interactive aid to learning in the classroom, each 45 minute presentation is bespoke, having been tailored around the questions your students want to put to us and is delivered by our own weather and climate experts.

This service is funded by the Department for Education

Before you apply, please read the following important information.

Please ensure your school or college has the facility to run a video conference before applying.
Schools and colleges must be registered with Janet. You will be required to enter your venue address as registered with Janet in our online booking form. Please ensure this is entered accurately as the video conference will be booked using these details.
As the number of available video conferences is limited, schools and colleges can only participate in one conference during the 2012/13 programme.
Before proceeding to the Booking Form, you will be required to select a test date. This is to enable us to ensure that the link between the school and the Met Office is working.
Should you have any questions about our video conferencing service prior to booking, please email education@metoffice.gov.uk
As this is a limited resource we regret changes cannot be made to the subject list and dates that are currently on offer. The Met Office reserves the right to amend the programme of video conferences without notice. All conferences are subject to availability of the appropriate expert.
This free service is funded by the Department for Education and covers schools in England only. We regret that the terms of our contract do not permit us to accept bookings from schools outside England. However, schools outside England but within the UK can book a video conference session for a fee – please contact education@metoffice.gov.uk for details.

Please look at this list of available video conference subjects.

Video conference subjects

Subject	Video conference reference code					Age-appropriate content including...
	KS1	KS2	KS3	KS4	KS5
Weather	WX1	WX2	WX3	WX4	WX5	Water cycle, clouds, rain, snow, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunder and lightning, weather extremes. How weather forecasts are produced.
Climate change		CC2	CC3	CC4	CC5	The evidence surrounding the science of climate change and the possible impacts around the world.

Once you have chosen your preferred video conference, please complete this application form.

Video conference registration

Please note: all boxes marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

The essential fields must be completed in order for the booking form to be submitted. Following this, you will receive an email confirming the dates and times you have booked and advising you what will happen next.

Applications can only accepted from schools registered with the Janet Video Conference Service; if your school isn't registered, your application will be declined. For more information on how to register for Janet for free, please consult your local IT Support Team and visit the JVCS website.

Our school is registered with Janet.

Janet registration *

About you

Surname *

Forename *

Title *

(e.g. Mr, Miss, Dr.)

Work e-mail *

Daytime telephone *

School/college name *

Postal address *

Second line of address

City/Town *

County *

Postcode *

Country *

About the video conference

Preferred reference code: *

Please select a code to see a list of available dates.

Number of students *

Students' year group *

Video conference

Choose a video conference session by selecting a date and time from the list below.

Once a video conference slot is selected a list will appear showing available test video conference dates and times.

Bookings must be received by no later than 2 weeks prior to the video conference in order to allow for a test session to take place in the week prior.

Date	Times
	09:15 - 10:00	10:15 - 11:00	13:00 - 13:45	14:00 - 14:45
Javascript is required to use this booking form. Please contacteducation@metoffice.gov.ukto discuss your requirements.

Test video conference

Date	Times
	10:00 - 10:15	10:15 - 10:30	10:30 - 10:45	11:00 - 11:15	11:15 - 11:30	11:30 - 11:45	14:15 - 14:30	14:45 - 15:00	15:15 - 15:30	15:45 - 16:00
Javascript is required to use this booking form. Please contacteducation@metoffice.gov.ukto discuss your requirements.

Additional conference information

How will the event be tied into your programme of study? *

Please describe your aims and objectives by taking part in this video conference: *

Any other comments:

Data Protection Information

The Met Office will not pass your details onto third parties and will not contact you other than in direct relation to your enquiry.

The Met Office is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Met Office is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998.