We have received so many amazing questions through our Dear Science campaign, we wanted to answer one special here on Science Sunday. Camile and Eva in Glastonbury asked us a great question for Mark to help us answer:
How does thunder work?
To understand thunder, we first have to talk about lightning- you can’t have thunder without it. The concept is simple- it all comes back to static electricity. To demonstrate this, we will use a balloon and a Van de Graff.
Watch the full Science Sunday segment below to experience more.
Do you have a burning science question? Submit your questions to askscience@ctsciencecenter.org or in person at the Science Center and we can answer them for you.
Aoife Ryle is a STEM Educator at the Connecticut Science Center. In addition to working with school groups, she works with our Teen Program, Overnights department, and shoots weekly science segments for WFSB. She has a degree in Bioengineering from the University of Maine and has a personal interest in the life sciences and engineering which makes bioengineering a perfect crossover.
Mark Dixon is a meteorologist on WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News and a host of the weekly Science Sunday segments with the Connecticut Science Center. He has been nominated for several Emmy awards for weather anchoring and has won awards from the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcaster’s Association and the American Meteorological society.
