Ready to share their passion for STEM and science, OC Science volunteers eagerly gathered at Ardent Academy on October 13, 2017, prepared to host their first ever Meteorology Fun Night of the year. Excited to help young minds learn about various principles of meteorology in a meaningful and exciting way, hands-on activities and interactive learning took precedence at this bi-monthly event.
With glistening smiles and effulgent passion, volunteers enthusiastically ushered students into an activity room to carry out the various experiments they had planned.
Activities and experiments such as the “Tsunami Model” and “Rain Clouds” were a huge hit!
The tsunami models showed students how natural disasters occur when forces of nature act upon coastlines. Students participated in creating a realistic diorama of a shoreline, being drastically altered as a direct result of tsunamis.
Other events such as “Rain Clouds” used everyday items like shaving cream and food coloring to convey a robust scientific principle known as precipitation, in an easy to see and easy to understand format.
However, not all the activities were just hands-on! Meteorology “Jeopardy” was one of the highlights of the events as it gave students a chance to compete with one another by battling it out in a friendly contest of meteorological knowledge. Modeled after the hit television show Jeopardy, the volunteers posed puzzling and exciting questions to help broaden everyone's understanding of the natural world.
“This event shows me why science is so exciting,” volunteer Pranav Moudgalya said. “It not only lets me help out others by sharing my interests, but it also gives me a new perspective as to how science should be taught in the 21st century.”
The event quickly came to a close, but every volunteer and participant left with a newfound understanding of science. Rooms filled with laughter, excitement, and an overarching sense of curiosity about the natural world made this event a huge success!
To learn more about OC Science’s monthly fun nights or OC Science in general, please visit ocscience.org
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