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2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Donya Frank-Gilchrist explains coastal erosion at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Corals and Climate Group at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Maddie Mette Showing a Coral Core at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival USGS Invasive Species Exhibit at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Kaitlin Kovacs Discusses Gulf Sturgeon at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Dorothy Sifuentes Discusses Animal Tagging at the 2023 St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Caitlin Beaver Explains Environmental DNA at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Children Learning How to Collect Sediment Cores at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Ben Galbraith Explains Vibracoring at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Dan Ciarletta Teaches Students About Sediment Cores at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Exploring Bathymetry Tools at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Children Create Origami Sea Creatures at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival

Detailed Description

The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center and the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, along with assistance from the Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center, participated in the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival Febaruary 17th and 18th, 2023. For more than 10 years, the St. Petersburg Science Festival has celebrated STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) activities with elementary school children and the public over a two-day event. The USGS has been a supporter of this event since its inception, and was a premiere exhibitor at this year’s event—exhibiting eight different activities.

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