a fair shake. another lawmaker warned that teaching global warming as fact would wreck the economy in a state that produces nearly 40% of the nation's coal. 11 states have adopted the next generation standards, but they face strong opposition from lawmakers in red states like oklahoma, where a house committee rejected the standards, with representative mark mccullough wondering whether the hyperbole relative to climate change could be potentially utilized to implicate into some pretty young impressionable minds. some of those minds were in washington today for the white house science fair which shows just how much kids can do when you let them use science a inspiration instead of denying them access to the accumulated knowledge of earlier generations. >> so as you see here, this is what it looks like when it's all curled up. but then when you add water, it straightens out and expands like this. so you want to try? >> yeah, i do. i actually have one of these. >> oh, you do? >> they're very cool. i love them. sometimes i just stare at them