Today we are talking about the doppler effect, which is probably something you have experienced before without even realizing it. If you have ever heard a siren, from an ambulance, fire truck, or something similar, then you have experienced the doppler effect. The sound of the siren seems to be changing to our ears, but in reality, it is not. As the object comes closer or further away, something very interesting happens to the sound waves. Learn more about it in the full Science Sunday segment below.
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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.
