USA Science and Engineering Expo--A few highlights

By kcollins on November 2, 2010.

Maybe you made it to the Expo, maybe you couldn't and wished you were there. Here are a few highlights from the Expo.

President Obama invited you to the Festival

Check out some picture highlights from the festival! (and tons more on our facebook pages too)

Winners of the engineering.com Physics Teacher's Contest

A great video highlight from engineering.com of the Expo

The final Nationwide Wordle to answer the question: What will be the greatest discoveries and advancements science and engineering will bring us in the 21st century?

Walk on a little corn starch? (tweet video from @erincmccarthy)

Check out the Mondo Spider (tweet video from @erincmccarthy)

Or Sprokit the Robot dance (tweet video from @erincmccarthy)

Hopefully you were able to make it, it was a blast!

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