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Press Release

University of Tennessee, Knoxville awarded 2015 Blake Lilly Prize

OCT 01, 2015
University of Tennessee, Knoxville awarded 2015 Blake Lilly Prize

University of Tennessee, Knoxville awarded 2015 Blake Lilly Prize

Zone and Chapter: University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Project

Project Description: The SPS students at University of Tennessee, Knoxville founded the Saturday Science Club, a monthly gathering of elementary students and SPS members at a local low-income, community school. The program provides four hours of free science activities with lunch included for any elementary-school-age students who are able to attend. 15 SPS members put together stations covering a variety of topics ranging from density and other properties of fluids to activities from the 2014-2015 SPS SOCK, desgined to engage 20-25 students in 4th through 8th grade.