Science Blast Invitation: How to excite kids about technology

 
SCIENCE BLAST INVITATION

You are invited to the 4-H Science Blast open house at Michigan State University
Time: 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, October 31.
Place: Michigan State University’s Agriculture Hall Atrium
Who: Youth and adults of all ages
Cost: FREE!
Parking: FREE in the lot adjacent to Ag Hall

Spend Halloween morning at the 4-H Science Blast being a “mad scientist,” where  YOU get to perform the experiments!
…turn simple ingredients such as sugar, corn syrup-even grass-into biofuel.
…use wind power and good old leg power to say “let there be light!”
…command a robot and learn how they are built.
…see how used cooking oil can power a school bus!
…blast off an easy-to-launch rocket.
…learn how 4-H SET (Science, Engineering, and Technology) projects help you ‘get set’ for the jobs of tomorrow!

There are 236,000 kids and 27,000 adult volunteers in Michigan who are members of the MSU Extension 4-H program, making it the largest youth development program in Michigan.   The organizations goal is to produce 1,000,000 new scientists by helping kids discover how much fun Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) can be.

MI BUDGET AX

The TV news  says that 4-H is at risk because the program reaches kids through the MSU Agricultural Extension Offices that may be closed as part of budget cutting in Michigan.   Michell Lavra - Communications Manager for the Michigan 4-H Program says the program is meant as a way to bringing important agricultural information from the universities to the farms and is an out of school program that provides valuable education to Michigan youth.  While the program has been around 100 years what it does is as new as today.    People talk about the projects that 4-H kids do when in fact it is the education of the kids which is the project.

“The Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and Michigan State University Cooperative Extension have historically provided relevant, responsive services that were tailored to our rural communities,” said MI Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm. “As Michigan moves from rust to green, these programs will be focused on enhancing our local communities’ efforts to collaborate and innovate in the new clean energy economy. I support continued funding for this restructuring, with its emphasis on growing Michigan’s new green economy.”   — MSU press release Oct. 28, 2009

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