This Hands-on Learning Center Keeps Kids in Touch with Science.

Heller, Shelly; Turner, Judith Axler

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ERIC Number: EJ376183

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Publication Date: 1988

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This Hands-on Learning Center Keeps Kids in Touch with Science.

Heller, Shelly; Turner, Judith Axler

American School Board Journal, v175 n8 p26-27,38 Aug 1988

Describes the Howard B. Owens Science Center at Prince George's County (Maryland) Schools, which concentrates advanced equipment and highly trained teachers to give visiting students and teachers hands-on experiences they cannot get in the classroom. The center boasts computer-controlled rocketry, laboratories, exhibits, and lectures introducing scientific technology. (MLH)

Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Science Programs, Science Teaching Centers

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