Welcome to Science Sunday! This week, we’re exploring plumbing science. Yes, we promise this will make sense by the end. Teflon tape is an essential tool in plumbing to keep the threading between two pipes watertight. With the upcoming release of the film starring everyone’s favorite plumber, Mario, on July 21 & 22, we thought it fitting to explore this topic in more detail. To find out more, watch our full video, which even explains how you can use the tape to write secret messages.
There is so much more Science Sunday to explore. Check out the full gallery of segments on our blog: https://ctsciencecenter.org/blog_categories/science-play/.
Aoife Ryle is the Education Programs Manager at the Connecticut Science Center. In addition to working with school groups, she works with our Teen Program, 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.
