{"id":20656,"date":"2011-02-24T10:45:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=20656"},"modified":"2019-07-01T16:50:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:50:39","slug":"making-science-fun-inspires-science-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/making-science-fun-inspires-science-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Science Fun Inspires Science Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those are among the science wonders that will be explained in a fun way Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Expanding Your Horizons Conference at the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The daylong program is sponsored by the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science as a way to get middle school girls interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM.<\/p>\n<p>Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade girls and their parents from throughout Central Florida are invited to attend.<\/p>\n<p>This year the focus is on aerospace and chemical engineering. 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