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Wild About Weather

December 1 - 31

When the weather turns wacky in December, watch a Museum educator create a cloud and a snowstorm onstage in Making Weather! Then head to WeatherWise to discover the scale of weather and to try your hand at "nowcasting."

Don't miss a pre-arranged 9:00 or 11:00 a.m. showing of one of the following Omni films: Hurricane on the Bayou, Stormchasers, or Forces of Nature. Culminate your visit with an electrifying indoor lightning storm in the Theater of Electricity!

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Grades 3 – 12
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Location Museum of Science — Museum of Science, Boston
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Format:
Omni Film
Grades:
3 - Adult
Stormchasers
This tale of scientific discovery and natural wonder will take you on a journey around the planet to experience the most extreme storms — monsoons, hurricanes and tornadoes — and to witness the dramatic efforts of scientists in pursuit of understanding and predicting these weather events. (details)
Format:
Exhibit
Grades:
K - 12
WeatherWise
With engaging interactives and stunning images, this exhibit takes you through the scales of weather: global, national, regional, local, and personal. At the focus of the exhibit is a skill called nowcasting. Even if you've heard a local forecast, you can learn to refine that forecast to predict if ... (details)
Format:
Live Presentation
Grades:
3 - 8
Making Weather
Discover how air, water, and temperature create weather, and witness the formation of indoor clouds and falling snow. (details)
Format:
Omni Film
Grades:
3 - Adult
Forces of Nature
Presenting the awesome spectacle of natures' most severe acts, this film follows three scientists at work: a meteorologist tangling with Midwestern tornadoes, a volcanologist studying gas-spewing giants in the Caribbean, and an earthquake specialist wielding GPS and sonar technologies in Turkey. T ... (details)
Format:
Live Presentation
Grades:
3 - 12
Lightning!
Indoor bolts produced by the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator spark exciting explorations of lightning, electric charge, and storm safety. (details)
Format:
Live Presentation
Grades:
3 - 12
Electricity!
Learn about the connections between electric and magnetic forces with this high-voltage presentation. Witness a demonstration of lightning created by the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator. (details)