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bigtree

(85,996 posts)
Tue May 27, 2014, 06:40 PM May 2014

WH Science Fair - "I love this event!"



AAUW Public Policy ‏@AAUWPolicy 29m
We <3 it too! RT @eprangley: President says "Welcome to #WHScienceFair. I love this event!" #GirlsinSTEM @AAUWPolicy pic.twitter.com/SFzK9bAfU8




Connect Minds ‏@ConnectMinds 2m
"One year I accidentally killed some plants." - @BarackObama on his own #science experiments #WHScienceFair





White House Live ‏@WHLive 4m
President Obama: "We’re expanding STEM AmeriCorps to provide learning opportunities for 18,000 low-income students." #WHScienceFair






Erin Prangley ‏@eprangley 4m
President says we should "buy stock in this kid" who has two patents already @ 12 y.o.! #WHScienceFair @AAUWPolicy pic.twitter.com/Mqpd27mGjB





TechPoint Foundation ‏@TechPointYouth 4m
@BarackObama says they're placing a special emphasis on #GirlsinSTEM at this year's #WHScienceFair @US_2020 #CityComp http://t.co/uAbnEIGJn4 pic.twitter.com/XuwzOepLVC





The White House OSTP‏@whitehouseostp
"Lego queens" demo their flood proof bridge! #WHScienceFair #GirlsinSTEM pic.twitter.com/mtGdmNFIwo




President Barack Obama (R) holds up a 3-D model of the influenza virus as he talks with Eric Chen, of San Diego, California - AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON




President Barack Obama plays with an expandable Hoberman sphere as he talks with 12-year-old Florida student Peyton Robertson at the White House Science Fair on Tuesday. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images




President Barack Obama (L) hides behind 13-year-old Gerry McManus, of Hudson, Massachussetts, as his team shows the basketball catapult during the White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington, DC, May 27, 2014.




President Barack Obama talks with Elana Simon, 18, of New York City, about her cancer research project that is part of the 2014 White House Science Fair exhibit on display in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Simon, at age 12, was diagnosed with fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, a little-known form of cancer that affects the liver. After surviving the disease, she now helps scientists research the genetics behind it.






Texan Deidre Carrillo builds electric cars...then races them. #WHScienceFair #GirlsinSTEM pic.twitter.com/hOpI5076hM


watch President's remarks:



watch Prez visit individual student's projects:


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WH Science Fair - "I love this event!" (Original Post) bigtree May 2014 OP
Please note that the Lego Queens are from Oklahoma. KatyaR May 2014 #1
ha! bigtree May 2014 #2
But the universe is 6,000 years old and Jesus rode a dinosaur!!!! longship May 2014 #3
science fair would be quite different under President Romney rurallib May 2014 #4
Like this? jmowreader May 2014 #5
looks like a winner to me! rurallib May 2014 #6

KatyaR

(3,445 posts)
1. Please note that the Lego Queens are from Oklahoma.
Tue May 27, 2014, 07:07 PM
May 2014

Not everything from this state is bad.

Great job, girls!!!

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
2. ha!
Tue May 27, 2014, 07:15 PM
May 2014

Last edited Tue May 27, 2014, 08:46 PM - Edit history (1)

. . . noted (and appreciated, KatyaR)!




petesouza ‏@petesouza 4m
Brownies from Tulsa, Ok talk to the President about their science project today pic.twitter.com/IVkjAhnTfa

longship

(40,416 posts)
3. But the universe is 6,000 years old and Jesus rode a dinosaur!!!!
Tue May 27, 2014, 07:37 PM
May 2014

Science is from Darwin, who was from...

(wait for it...)



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