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Guest Post by Cara Lesser, Founder and Executive Director, KID Museum
May 16, 2023
The Washington, DC region is known for politics, cherry blossoms and a thriving life sciences ecosystem; behind the scenes, an equally important asset is our innovation in STEM learning. You could see this innovation at work on a recent spring day at KID Museum in Bethesda. In a pilot program with Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, KID Museum educators were guiding third and fourth graders from DC Public Schools through workshops focused on biotinkering and cancer prevention.
Down the hall, Montgomery County middle school students were making prototypes…