Just call me the new Weather Girl.  I spent Saturday volunteering at Discovery Place for the Family Science Olympiad and they assigned me to something called the Weather Desk, working together with a very bright 17 year old named Maggie.  She handled Clouds and Tornados, and I was in charge of inviting kids to "roll the dice and learn about water".  Don't ask me what qualified either of this for these roles, but we were remarkably successful and the kids seem to really love our table.

The Discovery Place is a science museum mostly designed for kids although last winter and spring I was a docent there for the DaVinci Machines exhibit.  You know me.  I just keep volunteering.

We started at 11AM and I quit at 2, leaving Maggie to hold down the fort for the final hour.  17 year olds can stand on their feet and talk, talk, talk for a few more hours than us older guys.

Every once in a while a male staff member would show up on the staircase immediately across from our table with a museum "resident" in tow.  First it was Peaches, a giant Cayman lizard who was amazingly good natured when the kids petted her.  Then there was Bella, a boa constrictor, who apparently didn't mind being stroked either, although I abstained on this one.

It was quite a day.  Take a look at some of the photos I took in between explaining how water never goes away and can be found in lakes, rivers, oceans, ground water, soil, for animals, and in the clouds.  Just ask me.  I'll tell you all about it.
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Maggie explain about clouds to kids.

Say hello to Peaches, the Cayman lizard.  She was a big hit.

The sign on my table.

My end of the table before the kids came.

Rolling the "dice" on the weather.

Maggie making a tornado in a bottle.