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Summertime Science for School-Agers - Just for Fun?

by Steven L. Snyder
May/June 1999
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"Now hold on a second. You're telling me I have school in the summer, too?" "Science?" "Give me a break, Mr. Wizard. I just want to have fun!" Could those sentiments actually be a child's first impression when he hears of a new summer science program starting up? What, don't children trust us? Don't they know it's possible for grown-ups to have imaginations and to be able to relate with them and have fun as well? Hey, it could happen! The Discovery Express, a franchise center headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is one particular child care facility that is making it happen with new and innovative programs. These programs promote the child's individual talents and abilities by providing these unsuspecting students the opportunities to learn about their world through their own discoveries.

"We want our program to help us become known as the science place, have any ideas?" Those were the words of Lois Mitten, the founder of Discovery Express, as she invited me to develop a science curriculum for the summer school-age program.

Developing exhibits for the Toledo Zoo provided me with many years of opportunities for interpretation and observing the behaviors of children; however, developing curriculums was new to me, and a ...

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