Career Day with Ethan Houston

Ethan Houston, WAPT 16 Meteorologist

Today we had Career Day at our school! This is where different people with different careers come and tell us about their career. We were fortunate to have Ethan Houston from WAPT 16 come and tell us about his job. He is a meteorologist on WAPT 16. Mr. Houston is on the news from 4:30 to 7:00 in the morning. He told us that if you choose a career in TV then their life is around us! Mr. Houston told us that he is from Ohio.

Ethan Houston sharing about his job and as you can see we are very interested!

Mr. Houston told us that meteor means things that fall from the sky. Mr. Ethan Houston taught us about several tools that he uses that help him do his job. A thermometer is used to check temperature. It allows air to flow through it. A satellite is used to check clouds. Satellites give off three different images. The satellites give off visual, infrared, and water images. The cooler the cloud is, the higher up they are. A radar is used to let us know if it is raining outside. Radars also show if there is any snow or ice. The tool that he uses to tell if it is windy is called an anemometer. A barometer is the tool used to determine when the pressure is changing.

We have enjoyed learning about the weather and about what it is

like being a meteorologist!

Mr. Houston showed us a very interesting video on tornadoes. It showed us some tornadoes that have hit right here where we live. The video also told us how tornadoes were formed and how they effect people. Mr. Ethan Houston told us that our state is #1 in Tornado deaths and #12 in the nation due to the # of tornadoes in the state! He also told us the WORST tornado that he has experienced was the tornado that hit Yazoo City in Spring 2010!

We had a great time learning about what a meteorologist does!

We are acting out the 1st stage of the water cycle~evaporation!

Mr. Houston told us that we are drinking and using the same water that the dinosaurs drank. He told us that the water goes through something called The Water Cycle. He taught us a hands-on way of remembering this. It is in three phases: the 1st phase is evaporation (We wiggled our hands and fingers up.), the 2nd phase is condensation (We clap for a cloud in the air.), and the 3rd phase is precipitation (We wiggled our hands and fingers down.). This cycle repeats itself again and again.

Question and Answer Time :)

A special thank you to Mr. Ethan Houston and WAPT 16 for coming and sharing with us what a meteorologist does! We learned about a meteorologist and what they do! Thank you so much for coming and spending your morning with us!