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While children blow up balloons, like Connor Aguirre is doing, theory becomes a reality they can see and touch and understand. Kettering Elementary School A S S O C I AT I O N S I N V O LV E D : TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION, CSU LONG BEACH hope the second time is the charm when it comes to teaching science lessons to elementary students. They presented original lessons to Kettering students a few months ago in small groups, and discovered (surprise, surprise!) that things don't always go as planned. So now they are back, with modified lessons, to try again with a different group of students. Some college students teach youngsters the difference between solids, liquids and gas. Others teach about electricity. All incorporate state science standards for each grade, says CSU Long Beach science coordinator Tim Williamson, CFA. U N DE RG R A DS F ROM C SU LONG B E AC H PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT BUSCHMAN Educator 02 Feb 2014 v2.1 int.indd 29 FEBRUARY 2014 www.cta.org 29 1/27/14 3:52 PM