{"id":872,"date":"2009-01-21T06:37:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T11:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=872"},"modified":"2009-02-28T14:12:51","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T19:12:51","slug":"872","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"“Fun with science”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of West Florida and the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition will offer a “Fun with Science!<\/a>” session this Saturday for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students.<\/p>\n

January 24 – Three Sessions 9:30-11:30 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Building a Hydrometer (25 students) – students will build a hydrometer and use it to determine the contentration of sugar in various fruit juices and other beverages
\n* Polymer Chemistry (25 students) – students will learn about polymer structure and properties by making several different polymers and evaluating their physical properties (CLOSED)
\n* Metric Cookies (20 students) – students will do metric measurements, with some guessing and competition, and generate\/evaluate the recipe for chocolate chip cookies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of West Florida and the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition will offer a “Fun with Science!” session this Saturday for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students. 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