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Middle school students record their observations. ��� Creating Scientific Thinkers The work that the upper school Science Department has been doing in planning the science center and further developing the science program reflects a focus on the skills that educators commonly consider crucial for 21st-century learning, including critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity and innovation. However, they also fall in line with the way science faculty across the divisions have been teaching the subject for many years. From the first-grade unit on rocks in which children touch, observe and discuss a collection of rocks set in front them, to the mummy project in fourth grade, worm composting in sixth grade, the anatomy and physiology elective for juniors and seniors, (see sidebars) and countless other science units and projects at all levels, Latin teachers are creating scientific thinkers for the future. ���For our students to develop into successful scientists later in life or to gain a deeper appreciation about the role of science and technology in the world, they need training in the processes of science,��� says Coberly. ���These skills that they learn, from their first science units in the lower school to their senior-year research projects, will be crucial for them long after they leave Latin. For more information about the science center, please visit Latin���s website at www.latinschool.org/buildingforthefuture ��� Evelyne Girardet ���These skills that they learn, from their first science units in the lower school to their senior-year research projects, will be crucial for them long after they leave Latin.��� ��� Steven Coberly, MS/US Science Department Chair Latin School of Chicago 31