{"id":11335,"date":"2012-10-30T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T02:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=11335"},"modified":"2021-02-05T15:49:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T01:49:37","slug":"hands-on-science-fun-atleeward-discovery-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/30\/hands-on-science-fun-atleeward-discovery-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-on science fun at Leeward Discovery Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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The Discovery Fair at Leeward Community College promises to be a day of family fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leeward Commnity College<\/a> presents the Leeward Discovery Fair on Saturday, November 3, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fair highlights include bustling hands-on, interactive learning activities for the entire family. One of the exhibits, Quicksand Goo, showcases a mysterious glob that is both a liquid and a solid. There will also be an exhibit where people will try walking on water. \u2028\u2028Returning crowd-favorites include CSI<\/abbr> Leeward, a mock crime scene investigation; Bubblicious Geometry; and BONES, a forensic puzzle waiting to be solved.<\/p>\n

The family-oriented day also includes food booths, a plant sale and entertainment. Admission is free, with ample parking.<\/p>\n

Fair Activities<\/h2>\n
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  • Bug City-The bugs are back: Build your own bug and get a close-up look at a variety of creepy crawlers<\/li>\n
  • Pliable Polymer: Squiggle, squeeze and turn liquids into solids, creating your own polymer worms or a bag of the silliest putty<\/li>\n
  • Spaghetti Engineering: Build structures and bridges with food<\/li>\n
  • Instant Snow: Make snow magically appear<\/li>\n
  • Chemistry Magic: Freeze a flower or shrink a balloon with liquid nitrogen<\/li>\n
  • Tell Me a Story<\/li>\n
  • Scholastic Book Fair, Local Market and Discovery Store<\/li>\n
  • Galactic Games, a galaxy of carnival games<\/li>\n
  • Tours of the fossil, mineral and natural history exhibits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Family-oriented day includes science discovery exhibits, food booths, plant sales, book sale and entertainment on November 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-11335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-leeward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11335"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135083,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11335\/revisions\/135083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}