Women Explorers: Exploring Weather

NOAA Meteorologists Jamie Meier and Stefanie Sullivan visited Taco Bell Discovery Science Center on Saturday, Jan. 24, to participate in the new Women Explorers program.

A public lecture on their academic paths and careers in meteorology was held in Discovery Theater at 11 a.m. This was followed by a hands-on workshop during which girls age 10 to 13 made vortexes inside of two liter bottles of water, simulating the action of a tornado. Meier and Sullivan related the activity to local weather with their talk, “Really, there are tornados in Southern California.” The girls found out that California averages 7 tornados a year, and most of them occur in Southern California! The event concluded with a luncheon, where girls could ask questions of the meteorologists and get to know each other a little better.

More Women Explorer workshops are planned. Register Here!

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