Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Homeschooled Student Field Trip

A group of homeschooled students visited the department as part of a field trip to the UW. Brian, Kelly and Reid gave the tour, lecture and demos to the kids.

The group on the roof of the Atmospheric Sciences building!

Funny Faces!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

FISW Science Night

Jack and Reid travelled to the French Immersion School of Washington (FISW) for their science night to give demonstrations to the students and their parents.

Kids feeling the temperature of the water to make sure it was cold.

 Excited by crusing cans with nothing but air!

A student looks on while a can is crushed by air pressure.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Homeschooled Student Field Trip

A group of homeschooled students visited the department as part of a field trip to the UW. Brian, Kelly and Reid gave the tour, lecture and demos to the kids.


The group on the roof of the Atmospheric Sciences building.




Funny Faces!


Friday, October 9, 2009

Set up of the sea-level rise exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum

The UW is creating a display at the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park that illustrates how projected changes in sea level due to climate change could affect Seattle's waterfront, as well as other more vulnerable waterfront cities elsewhere in the world.

University of Washington outreach crew setting up the exhibition.

Blue line for the sea level in the present day 2009.

 The red line shows the predicted 2100 sea-level.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Lake Forest Park Elementary Science Night

A team of 3 graduate students set up a table at Lake Forest Park Elementary's Annual Science Night with information about careers in the atmospheric sciences. Kelly McCusker, Kristen Rasmussen and Reid Wolcott manned the table and performed lab demos for interested children and their parents. 

A student learns about air pressure from this hands-on demo

Kelly talking to kids and their parents about a can crushing demonstration

Kelly's excitement while doing a can crushing demonstration

Kids line up to see the can crushing demo

Kristen explains the current radar image to children and their parents

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Lake Forest Park Elementary Science Career Night

A team of atmospheric scientists set up a booth at the science with information about careers in the atmospheric sciences. Bri Dotson, Lucas Harris, and Mark Zelinka manned the booth and performed lab demos for interested children and their parents.



Mark helps a student create a cloud in a bottle!

Lucas and Mark show students how to make a tornado in some 2-liter bottles.

Mark teaches students about how air pressure can control temperature, and how that helps make a cloud in a bottle.







Thursday, January 12, 2006

Brookside Elementary Science Career Fair

A team of atmospheric scientists set up a booth at the career fair with information about careers in the atmospheric sciences. Bri Dotson, Deanna Hence, Chad Smeltzer, and Mark Zelinka manned the booth and performed lab demos for interested children and their parents.


Deanna talks with an elementary school student about careers in atmospheric science.

Bri demonstrates how air pressure can crush a soda-pop can just as easily as stomping on it with your foot.

Mark and Deanna show students how easy it is to make a cloud in a bottle!