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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8211; Wilkes University will host Passport to Science, an open house featuring science demonstrations for young people in the community, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Lawrence and Sally Cohen Science Center, 140 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre. Refreshments will be served.</p><p>The event is free and pre-registration is encouraged and is required for groups of eight or more. To register online, visit www.wilkes.edu/PassportToScience. Complimentary parking is available behind the Henry Student Center, 84 W. South St.</p><p>Adults and children in grades 4 through 9 can join Wilkes faculty, staff and students in conducting interactive laboratory projects and observing demonstrations. Children must be accompanied by an adult to attend. Demonstrations begin every 30 minutes starting at 10 a.m. Attendees are not required to attend for the entire three hours, but can come for any length of time.</p><p>Each participant will be given a complimentary Passport to Science, which will be stamped at each of the lab and science demonstrations throughout the open house.</p><p>More than a dozen laboratory demonstrations will be offered highlighting some of the science concepts and technology that are used to solve &#8220;real-world&#8221; problems. A sampling of the lab projects includes:</p><p>&#183; &#8220;Candy Chromatography&#8221; demonstrates why candies have different colors. While they contain colored dyes, which dyes are used in which candies? The lab will answer this question through the use of chromatography, a system that dissolves the dyes out of the candies and separates them.</p><p>&#183; &#8220;Household Ph&#8221; will give participants the chance to measure the Ph of common household items.</p><p>&#183; &#8220;Birds of a Feather&#8221; will take participants on a bird walk on the River Common.</p><p>&#183; &#8220;Wizards of Physics&#8221; will offer interactive activities that show why physicists are the Harry Potters of the science world.</p><p>&#183; &#8220;Addressing Future Energy Challenges&#8221; demonstrates tools and methods being used to increase energy efficiency in homes and the workplace.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Lawrence and Sally Cohen Science Center </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_Lawrence-and-Sally-Cohen-Science-Center1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Lawrence and Sally Cohen Science Center </caption0><photoCredit0>Wilkes University | Facebook </photoCredit0></div></div>
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Students in grades 4-9 invited to Wilkes science open house