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7th Annual Santa Ana |
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Albuquerque participated in the 7th Annual Santa Ana Pueblo
Environmental Fair on September 22, 2005. Nearly 90 upper
elementary students
from the Pueblos of San Felipe and Santa Ana attended the one-day event. The fair
featured exhibitors from various local, state and federal
agencies as well as the Pueblo of Santa Ana's Department of
Natural Resources and several
private companies whose businesses focus on water and water
conservation. NWS Albuquerque's booth provided students a
unique hands-on weather experience that included
clouds-in-a-jar, demonstrating convection with hand-held
bubblers, and simulating runoff from a
thunderstorm using a terrain model. |
The class favorite was creating a cloud in a jar that
required three ingredients: hot water, ice and cloud condensation
nuclei (CCN). In this experiment, microscopic smoke
particles were used to simulate atmospheric CCN. The
students conducted the experiment twice; once without CCN
and a second time with the particulates. Students also
learned about weather balloons and how meteorologists
measure temperature, pressure, water vapor and wind above
the earth's surface. |
- Santa Ana Pueblo Environmental Fair
- September 22, 2005
 
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- Kerry Jones, Sr. Forecaster, above left,
discusses how to make a cloud using a specially designed
apparatus that allows students to simulate high and low
pressure within a sealed glass bulb. This activity is
a crowd favorite and the student (above right) demonstrates
his skill at cloud making to his fellow classmates.
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- Deirdre Kann, Science Operations Officer, (above) explains
the result of runoff in areas of complex terrain using a
specially designed terrain model. This exercise teaches
students about the dangers of flash floods.
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- Students look on as a classmate, using a syringe filled
with colored water, simulates runoff using the terrain
model.
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