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Fair and Breezy ~ River stage: 23.48 Falling Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 |
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Making a Difference...
Posted Tuesday, February 2, at 8:06 AM
The Hooked on Science team recently surveyed hundreds of educators from across the four state region to see if the Hooked on Science school program is inspiring students to be inquisitive about the world around them and to develop a long-term interest in science. Each educator completed an anonymous on-line survey after a Hooked on Science school program. The survey revealed the Hooked on Science school program increases student knowledge of science, increases student interest in science, and increases student attitude that science is "fun." The in-depth survey also revealed these facts about the Hooked on Science school program.
Here is what educators had to say about the Hooked on Science school program.
Get your students "Hooked on Science" by scheduling your Hooked on Science school program. Go to http://www.hookedonscience.org to schedule your Hooked on Science program today!
It turns out forecasters don't control the weather... It turns out forecasters don't control the weather...and this winter storm proves my point. Forecasting models continue to disagree on the timing and snowfall amounts with this weather system. Bottom line, snow is hard to forecast. Right now, the four state region will see the best accumulation of snow tonight. Here's what I'm expecting when it comes to snowfall totals...
Expected Snow Totals... A big winter storm is scheduled to push into the four state region tonight. Forecasting models continue to argue about the arrival and snowfall totals. I'm thinking the storm will arrive after 12 a.m. on Friday and will give us a good dose of snow. Here's what I'm thinking when it comes to snowfall totals...
Singing Rod . ...
Warmer... A ridge of high pressure in control of our weather will shift east allowing a southerly flow to push into the four state region, which will warm us up to the middle 40's by Thursday. Our next weather maker is scheduled to arrive on Thursday. A cold front will attempt to push through fizzling out on Friday and for now only increasing clouds. Listen to my forecasts on WBEL 88.5 FM and WGCF 89.3 FM each day. Go to http://www.hookedonscience.org/weather for weather details...
Snow Update Plus Bubbles, Bananas, and Balloons A winter storm will push through the four state region dumping anywhere between 2 and 5 inches of snow early on Thursday. Go to http://www.hookedonscience.org/weather for an update on how much snow I think you might get in your backyard. Once the snow pushes out, the big weather story will be the wind and cold temperatures. Expect blowing snow and highs only in the teens on Friday...
How Much Snow Will We Get? Our next weather system is scheduled to push into the four state region on Wednesday evening creating a winter mess. Although, forecasting models are taking the weather maker north of the region, I'm still expecting a heavy band of snow to push through between 12 a.m. ...
New Year's Eve Treat Mother Nature has a special treat for those brining in the New Year. Its called a Blue Moon and it hasn't happened in almost twenty years. The last time there was a blue moon on New Years Eve was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028. Here's a peek at the science behind a Blue Moon. Go to http://www.hookedoncience.org for experiments that might get you and your family "Hooked on Science."...
COLD Air Oozes In..... A weather maker will push into the four state region creating a cloudy sky with a winter mix switching to all rain as temperatures warm to above freezing. This weather system will push out of here on Thursday. Behind the system, very cold air! Forecasting models are cooling daytime highs from the 40's today to the upper 20's by this weekend...
Next Chance of Snow and NEW Neighborhood Radar A weather disturbance will rotate around a weather maker pushing to our northeast creating a cloudy Monday. A ridge of high pressure will eventually push into the four state region creating a mostly sunny sky for Tuesday. Our next weather system is scheduled to push into the region early Wednesday giving southeast Missouri and southern Illinois the best chance of light snow. ...
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Jason Lindsey is an award winning Outreach Science Educator for Hooked on Science. Each year Lindsey performs science experiments at more than a hundred schools and community events. Lindsey's science segment "Hooked on Science" airs on television stations across America and has earned awards for outstanding science coverage.
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