UNIVERSITY PARK - On Wednesday, youth across Pennsylvania will join hundreds of thousands of young people around the nation to simultaneously create biofuel as part of "Biofuel Blast," the 2009 National Science Experiment scheduled for 4-H National Youth Science Day.
4-H National Youth Science Day was established to combat a national shortage of young people pursuing science educations and careers by sparking youthful interest in science. Through the "One Million New Scientists, One Million New Ideas" campaign, 4-H aims to engage 1 million young people in science, engineering and technology programs by 2013.
This year's experiment will teach youth how cellulose and sugars in corn, switchgrass, sorghum and algae can be converted into fuel.
