Chris Edwards, meteorologist from WXYZ-TV Channel
7 News , spoke to six seventh-grade West Middle School science classes on
Wednesday, January 15.
Edwards began by discussing his background, education
and duties as a meteorologist.
While
in college, he spent time as a tornado chaser and then he actually started out
as a meteorologist in the U.S. Air Force and eventually moved to television.
Edwards stated how all the news
broadcasters get to read the news from prompters that have written scripts, but
for the weather man or women, they have to tell the story about the weather
live.
He did an experiment with the students
showing what happens when cold and warm air mix by using hot and cold water,
which separate similar to when warm air rises and cold air drops.
Then he explained when that happens and
you get blowing air from the jet stream, spinning starts in the cloud, which
can form a funnel cloud and sometimes a tornado.
He showed a video of tornados forming and
also used a model to show how they are created. He also talked about storms and lightning and finished the
presentation by talking to students about how to stay safe in bad weather
situations.
Edwards’s presentation was informative and
engaging and West students asked a lot of good questions all of which
reinforced the curriculum and student learning.
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