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Story Book Science: Green Machine: The Slightly Gross Truth about Turning Your Food Scraps into Green Energy

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 10:00

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KU Natural History Museum Facebook Page

Description: Join us every Wednesday morning on Facebook at 10am CST for science-based stories with activities, specimens and more with Colleen, our museum educator! For this week’s Story Book Science, we’ll be reading Green Machine: The Slightly Gross Truth about Turning Your Food Scraps into Green Energy by Rebecca Donnelly. Submitted by: Anne Tangeman KU Natural History Museum

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