White House Hosts Science Fair, Secret Service Unfazed by Student Wielding Extreme Marshmallow Cannon
![President Barack Obama demos Joey Hudy's Extreme Marshmallow Cannon (Photo: White House Photo/Pete Souza) 2012_02_whitehousesciencefair](https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/01/2012_02_whitehousesciencefair.jpg)
President Obama hosted the second White House Science Fair Tuesday, featuring more than 100 students representing 30 teams (see the White House Storify wrap-up here).
Obama also announced several new initiatives to increase the number of students studying STEM subjects, and to prepare the 100,000 math and science teachers we need to teach our future engineers, inventors and innovators.
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Video of Obama firing 14 year-old Joey Hudy’s “Extreme Marshmallow Cannon”:
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