{"id":10883,"date":"2024-09-27T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=10883"},"modified":"2024-09-30T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T16:28:12","slug":"free-activities-for-youth-at-umes-4-h-stem-festival-oct-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/for-the-media\/free-activities-for-youth-at-umes-4-h-stem-festival-oct-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Free activities for youth at UMES 4-H STEM Festival Oct. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Budding scientists in grades K-12 can experience STEM activities like a gravity-defying levitation that will have Harry Potter fans saying \u201cWingardium Leviosa!\u201d at a free event Oct. 19 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This demonstration, cooling a superconducting material with liquid nitrogen that will allow it to float above a magnet, is among many taking place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Engineering and Aviation Sciences Complex at the Princess Anne, Md. campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UMES event is part of the 10th<\/sup> annual Maryland STEM Festival<\/a> held each fall to spark an interest in STEM and related careers among science-minded youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants can also conquer an engineering challenge from NASA Wallops Flight Facility; see live reptiles and sea life from parks within the Maryland Park Service; along with sampling edible insects and learning about entomology; holding a chick and learning about poultry science; and exploring how tree rings can tell a tree\u2019s age and their importance to the environment from departments within UMES\u2019 School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUMES Extension works with schools, after-school programs, parks and camps throughout the year to make STEM come to life for area youth,\u201d said 4-H STEM educator Brad Hartle, coordinator for the event. \u201cThe festival allows us to share educational opportunities and programs that our campus and community partners have to offer school-aged children and teens, as well as highlighting how they can pursue a career in the sciences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration is not required, just drop in.\u00a0 For more information, email amclay@umes.edu or call 410-651-7256.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pavan Rajgor, (above)<\/em> a 10th grader at Gwynn Park High School, conducts an experiment on superconductivity and quantum magnetic levitation that will be among the interactive activities as part of the UMES STEM Festival Oct. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gail Stephens, agricultural communications and media associate, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, <\/em>gcstephens@umes.edu<\/em><\/a>., 410-621-3850.<\/em>

Photo by Todd Dudek, agricultural communications, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, <\/em>tdudek@umes.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Budding scientists in grades K-12 can experience STEM activities like a gravity-defying levitation that will have Harry Potter fans saying \u201cWingardium Leviosa!\u201d at a free event Oct. 19 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. This demonstration, cooling a superconducting material with liquid nitrogen that will allow it to float above a magnet, is among…Read more Free activities for youth at UMES 4-H STEM Festival Oct. 19<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":56,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,40,141],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-the-media","category-sans-monthly-digest","category-september-2024-sans-monthly-digest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10883"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=10883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}