Science learning needn't be a drag

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: April 28, 2008| Author: MALCOLM RITTER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright information


The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

04-28-2008


Science learning needn't be a drag -- Liberty center makes it fun
By MALCOLM RITTER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 04-28-2008, Monday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions


JERSEY CITY — Three or four times a day, a banana shows up at the Liberty Science Center and complains about a pain in its side. And that means it's time for some visiting kids to dress up like surgeons and scrub nurses, take a s...

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