Last Saturday, senior lecturer, Lodovica Illari, attended the annual Women in Science Conference at Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA.
During a day of motivational presentations and interactive workshops geared to girls in grades 6-8, around 100 students had the opportunity to learn about and explore career options in the fields of science, math and technology. Dr. Illari presented several Weather in a Tank experiments using a portable turntable to demonstrate the controlling effect of rotation on weather.