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Suitcase Full of Optricks Helps Math, Science Go Down

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IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 16, 2007 -- In the past few years, a quiet transformation has been taking place in schools from coast to coast: Students of both sexes have been learning about math and science -- and liking it. "We don't like to teach anything that's not fun -- that's the key, to make it fun," said Donn Silberman, founding director of the Optics Institute of Southern California (OISC), an Orange County-based nonprofit organization that "seeks to foster the curious scientist, the artful mathematician and the creative engineer in every student, regardless of age." Students investigating the spectrum with the...Read full article

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    Published: January 2007
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