Creativity among the relics. (museums teach science to students)

U.S. News & World Report | November 8, 1993| | Copyright

A visit to the local science museum was once a rather dusty experience. School kids would stroll its quiet galleries and marvel at its wildlife dioramas, brittle fossils and exotic gems. Today, such meandering field trips are going the way of the woolly mammoth.

Alarmed by the dismal state of science teaching in American schools, more and more of the nation's science and natural history museums are moving away from the traditional mission of preserving and displaying relics and into the challenging business of teaching basic science to kids. They often target poor ...

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