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UIC's Project STAGE helps CPS kids learn science through art, movement
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Project STAGE is run out of UIC’s department of curriculum and instruction within the College of Education, and the School of Theatre & Music within the College of Architecture, Design and the Arts (CADA).
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Teacher Amani Ghusein stands with two students who are practicing a science experiment, throwing a cotton ball to test reflexes.

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