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This is Science?!

Written by Bill Laurienti

This is a fun time of year at Creative Learning Systems. All of our hard work over the summer is rewarded as learners see their school’s SmartLab HQs for the first time and we hear the reactions.

This story comes to us from new SmartLab Facilitator Elisa Cohen at Lake International School, in Denver, CO:

I invited some students in to help me label and finish getting the lab ready. Step one was to set up the solar oven and bake some cookies.

The kid in charge said, “OMG, this is science!” He explored it for awhile and then turned to the manual, saying, “Before I go further, I need to read how this works.”
Such music to my ears!

Thanks for sharing, Elisa!

Bill.Laurienti
Bill Laurienti
Content Marketing Manager

Bill Laurienti is the content marketing manager at Creative Learning Systems. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education (English) from Colorado Mesa University and a Master of Arts in Secondary Teaching from the University of California's Rossier School of Education. Bill came to CLS after 10 years in the secondary classroom. He believes SmartLabs are important tools for engaging unengaged students and helping them access careers they might not otherwise have imagined.

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