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In a message dated 4/13/2005 10:22:49 PM Central Standard Time,  
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But  inquiry based exhibits are not all that science centers do.  We do   
need to cover issues.  We need to help in many ways, not just  with  
inquiry based learning, the continuation of science passed  from  
generation to generation.



And yet, whatever view we choose to hold and display at our  museums, we have 
to be fair and let others come to the same "place" we have  arrived at.  Any 
teacher who as ever tried to teach complicated  science subjects, or any 
science subjects for that matter, to a group of  disinterested students knows this. 
 You can't force people to see your way.  Unlike the rules of math and engli
sh grammar there will ALWAYS be conflict  with a science puzzle like evolution. 
 If not creationism then some other  argument. Darwin is the best answer that 
many of us feel we have right now, but  his may very well not be the ultimate 
"truth".  All real scientists know  that's just the nature of science!  It's 
a tough pill to swallow,  but sometimes that's how it goes :-)  
Janine  Prillaman 
                                            Orpheum  Children's Science 
Museum 
                                            Champaign,  Illinois

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