{"id":5449,"date":"2026-07-07T10:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:46:24","slug":"physics-demo-show-sparks-curiosity-for-hsta-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/2026\/07\/07\/physics-demo-show-sparks-curiosity-for-hsta-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics demo show sparks curiosity for HSTA students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s Department of Physics recently welcomed students from the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) for an interactive Science Demo Show featuring hands-on physics experiments and demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Dr. Sean McBride and Dr. Sachiko McBride, the event gave students an opportunity to experience physics concepts in action. Demonstrations included walking on a non-Newtonian fluid, visualizing sound with fire, creating indoor thunder and lightning effects, launching rockets and exploring the science of smoke rings.<\/p>\n<p>The program was supported by REU student Aliyah Ferry and members of Marshall University\u2019s nationally recognized Society of Physics Students, who helped engage students throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to inspire interest in science and STEM careers, the demonstration show combined education and entertainment while giving HSTA students a closer look at the exciting world of physics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s Department of Physics recently welcomed students from the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) for an interactive Science Demo Show featuring hands-on physics experiments and demonstrations. Hosted by Dr. Sean McBride and Dr. Sachiko McBride, the event gave students an opportunity to experience physics concepts in action. Demonstrations included walking on a non-Newtonian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":5450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,79,53,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-math-physics","category-outreach","category-physics","category-science-abstracts"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/physics-hsta-2026.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5451,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions\/5451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}