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Children Learning How to Collect Sediment Cores at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Two sets of children's hands holding onto a metal cylinder resting in the grass.
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Children learning how to use a vibracore to extract sediment samples from underground at the 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival. 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 during the public festival on Saturday, February 18th, 2023.

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