{"id":4939,"date":"2013-10-16T18:38:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T18:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2013-10-16T18:38:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T18:38:56","slug":"video-the-chemistry-set-past-and-perhaps-a-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4939","title":{"rendered":"Video: The chemistry set &#8211; past and (perhaps a) future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hank Green talks about the history of the chemistry sets for young people and why they disappeared:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZtWNXmAUIfg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He also discusses attempts to resurrect chemistry sets such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/reimaginechemset.org\/about-competition\" target=\"_d\">SPARK Competition<\/a>\u00a0contest at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/reimaginechemset.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Science Play and Research Kit<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SPARK is a project of the Society for Science &amp; the Public, in collaboration with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation that will inspire adults, through the challenge of competition, to generate a new set of experiences and activities that capture children&#8217;s imagination in science, spark and fuel their interests, and foster persistent curiosity and creativity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The top prize is $50k. The competition<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>challenges participants to reimagine the chemistry set for the 21st century and generate a new set of experiences and activities that encourage imagination and interest in science, recapturing the spirit of the chemistry set.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hank Green talks about the history of the chemistry sets for young people and why they disappeared: He also discusses attempts to resurrect chemistry sets such as the SPARK Competition\u00a0contest at\u00a0Science Play and Research Kit: SPARK is a project of the Society for Science &amp; the Public, in collaboration with the Gordon and Betty Moore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4939\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: The chemistry set &#8211; past and (perhaps a) future<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1hF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8326,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8326","url_meta":{"origin":4939,"position":0},"title":"Curiosity zaps Martian rocks with laser","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Curiosity zaps a rock with its laser and gets a brief flash: NASA Rover's Images Show Laser Flash on Martian Rock Flashes appear on a baseball-size Martian rock in a series of images taken Saturday, July 12 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the arm of NASA's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"First images of sparks produced by the rover's laser ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/226xvariable_height\/public\/pia18401-main_mahli-nova-pair_0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16165,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16165","url_meta":{"origin":4939,"position":1},"title":"2018 Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A message from\u00a0Jack Colpas co-director of the\u00a0RFTS Competition: Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition Through a NASA grant the Florida Space Grant Consortium sponsored 100 kids in the Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition. 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