Ball State students are now leaving the classroom to experience textbook learning in real life.
David Arnold, a meteorology and climatology professor, has taken 14 students out west to experience severe storms firsthand. He is the director of the Storm Chase Team, and his group left May 12 to cover 14,000 miles across Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
The students will construct outdoor laboratories that help them track developing storms and watch as the storm builds from the beginning to the severe stages of a storm. The students will learn about forecasting, the effects of severe storms, emergency response after a storm goes though, and the geography of the rocky mountain area, Arnold said.
Students participate on the Storm Chase Team to see what happens in the real world, he said.
"It's a way to get out of the classroom and see with my own eyes rather than reading it in a textbook," said junior Jenny Cook, a meteorology and telecommunications major.
Ayna Sehgal, a graduate student in meteorology, said that she wanted to apply what she has learned in the classroom to the real world, as well as meet people that have similar interests to herself.
The Storm Chase Team is scheduled to return June 11.
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