{"id":48781,"date":"2013-08-02T10:38:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T14:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=48781"},"modified":"2013-08-02T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T13:42:32","slug":"opl-science-workshop-tackles-perfect-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=48781","title":{"rendered":"OPL Science Workshop Tackles Perfect Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/oneida-public-library.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-609\" alt=\"oneida-public-library\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/oneida-public-library-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>(Oneida, NY- Aug. 2013) For elementary students wondering about extreme weather, the OPL\u2019s Mad Professor, Jen Herzog from Herkimer County Community College, will teach a hands-on Science Workshop about the mysteries of weather at Oneida Public Library\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0through\u00a0Thursday\u00a0afternoons,\u00a01:30 to 3:30 p.m., Aug. 6, 7 and 8.<\/p>\n<p>On day one, Herzog will explain the essentials of weather, from solar radiation to air pressure, using the balloon in a jar and the marshmallow experiments to demonstrate the principles.<\/p>\n<p>The second session focuses on the hydrologic cycle, including rain,\u00a0snow, lightning and thunder. The children will try out a thunderstorm experiment and make lightning in a controlled electricity experiment.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Herzog will take up hurricanes and tornadoes, including the tornado in a bottle experiment, and discuss the causes of climate change and its impact on weather.<\/p>\n<p>The science workshop is free and open to all school-aged children.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, stop by the Oneida Library, 220 Broad St., or call 363-3050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Oneida, NY- Aug. 2013) For elementary students wondering about extreme weather, the OPL\u2019s Mad Professor, Jen Herzog from Herkimer County Community College, will teach a hands-on Science Workshop about the mysteries of weather at Oneida Public Library\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0through\u00a0Thursday\u00a0afternoons,\u00a01:30 to 3:30 p.m., Aug. 6, 7 and 8. On day one, Herzog will explain the essentials of weather, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libraries"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-cGN","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}