Our tenacious team
enjoyed an uplifting success when we visited the local public school
in Cahuita! We were delighted to have the opportunity to interact
with a class of 8 year olds and share our enthusiasm over weather
science with them. After learning the names of all of the children
and chatting with them for a while, our team gave a brief explanation
of what we are doing here, and conducted a show-and-tell of our
radiosonde equipment and balloons (los globos giganticos!).
The
children were wonderful listeners and the teachers were amazing and
helpful! Next, we asked the children to think about their favorite
weather and color a picture of it. Many of them drew rainbows (los
arcos iris) and homes (in Cahuita the cool people call them chales),
themselves and their families. Several also drew lightning storms
with big dark clouds and lots of rain!
We had a lovely time coloring
with the children, teaching them about clouds, and learning some new
Spanish words from them. After our coloring activity, we all went
outside for a drone demonstration. We took aerial photos of the
children waving at the drone, and they were all eager to see how the
drone was controlled and touch it when it landed.
I think this was
the most exciting part for them! Lastly, we shared some 3D glasses
with hurricane pictures for the children to look at, but they were
happy to simply look at the things around them through the nifty blue
and red lenses!
We wrapped up our goodbyes with a touching moment of
spontaneous hugs from many of the children. This experience was
easily the best part of our campaign!
The outreach was
held at Excellencia Cahuita on Monday, 9th of September, 2019. The
participants were Yolande Serra, Beata Latos, Sarah Tannenbaum, and
Natalia Mora. Special thanks to Annie Duran for setting it up for us!
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