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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.



What we need to do, just to add another two cents, is make people  better 
critical thinkers.  That's what's really hard for school teachers  when they have 
50 minute class sections, over-crowded classrooms and now  mandated federal 
testing to deal with.  I just finished four glorious years  of coaching my 
son's high school science olympiad team.  Students usually  stay on the team for 
all 4 years of high school and get the opportunity to  compete in the same 
event every year.  That way they can add to their  learning and tinker to make 
improvments on their projects.  Now THAT'S real  science :-)     Janine

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