We did something like this at Snibston, with a weather station doing live
readouts on gallery from sensors on the roof, plus a weather fax which faxes
in regular weather maps - but I can't say it was a great success, virtually
no one seemed to grasp that it was depicting live weather and even fewer
seemed to have any grasp of what actualy constituted a hot day, heavy rain
or high wind in figures, they found it more useful to look out the door. It
might have run better with more interpretation, but it would end up a
serious book on the wall job. For some unfathomable reason it is still on
galery if you want to pop down for a look!
IAN SIMMONS
-Racoons in the darkness drag off your hotdog buns
> At Green's Mill Science Centre (Nottingham, UK) we want to set up some
kind
> of fairly simple weather centre to complement our Meteosat satellite
system.
> We are thinking along the lines of something that will be operate without
> need for intervention but will still be meaningful for visitors. We might
> also be able to incorporate it into science sessions with schoolchildren.
> Any advice as to what we might do, kit worth buying? Or avoiding?
>
> Also can anyone recommend a good interactive CD-ROM that teaches
> fundamentals of the weather?
> Thanks
>
> Denny Plowman
> Nottingham City Museums and Galleries
> Access Team
> tel: 0115 915 3690
> Fax: 0115 915 3653
>
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