{"id":5496,"date":"2018-11-01T00:50:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T04:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=5496"},"modified":"2018-11-01T00:52:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T04:52:36","slug":"magic-of-sciences-casts-spell-at-stemfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/magic-of-sciences-casts-spell-at-stemfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic of Sciences Casts Spell at Stemfest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michele Meyers
\nIn Motion Staff Writer<\/p>\n

\"Simmons<\/p>\n

Ben Ewers, a student with the Daytona State College Science Club, stood atop a small platform that was spinning in circles, as he held what resembled a bike tire, also rotating continuously. Gabriel Mann, a student at Cypress Creek Elementary in Port Orange, could barely contain his excitement as he waited his turn to use the perpetual motion wheel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gives them inspiration. They want to learn things. Work to effect change. Gabriel is in a STEM club at his school,\u201d says his mother, Crisinda Mann.<\/p>\n

Giving kids hands-on activities in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics or STEM is what STEMFEST is all about and Volusia County\u2019s was no exception. Organized by Daytona Stadium \u2014 also known as Daytona Municipal Stadium on LPGA Boulevard \u2014\u00a0 in collaboration with Volusia County Schools, the event brought STEM experts from NASA, Solar Speedway, Battle Beach Battlebots, local colleges and universities.<\/p>\n

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NASA\u2019s \u201cspace farmer,\u201d Dr. Gioia Massa, believes wholeheartedly in the benefits of educating children, as well as educators. \u201cMy teacher was inspired by researchers here at Kennedy Space Center and part of a teacher training workshop. I am proof that those work!\u201d<\/p>\n

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DSC\u2019s Science Club prominently displayed the periodic table and a multitude of scientific experiments. Dr. Jennifer Bell, Assistant Professor in the School of Biological and Physical Science, was excited to be invited to participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy love of science motivates me. STEMFEST is a tool used to get kids excited about science. Everything in there was supposed to be hands-on activities so they got to play in science every day. Take kind of a \u2018golly gee\u2019 approach to science.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michele Meyers In Motion Staff Writer Ben Ewers, a student with the Daytona State College Science Club, stood atop a small platform that was spinning in circles, as he held what resembled a bike tire, also rotating continuously. Gabriel Mann, a student at Cypress Creek Elementary in Port Orange, could Continue reading Magic of Sciences Casts Spell at Stemfest<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-center-spread"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5499,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5496\/revisions\/5499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}