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COLUMBUS– The Center of Science and Industry (COSI), the top-ranked science center in the country by USA Today’s 10 Best, along with the State

ORNL partners on science kits for kids in rural East Tennessee schools Oakridger KINGSTON, Tenn. — Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thomas Zacharia and Associate Laboratory Director Stan Wullschleger visited classrooms at Midway Elementary School in Kingston, Tenn, recently as teachers led students through energy-themed science kits called Learning Lunchboxes. “More than anything else what we want to do is try to open up the curiosity of kids and encourage them to learn,” Zacharia...

May 17, 2021 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Center of Science and Industry and the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network have partnered to deliver hundreds of free science kits called Learning Lunchboxes to STEM-designated schools in East Tennessee. The program, named the Tennessee Distance Learning Initiative, provides engaging, hands-on activities aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. ORNL Director Thomas Zacharia and Associate Laboratory Director Stan...

COSI Science Festival will be digital affair again amid pandemic ThisWeek group COSI wasn’t able to hold its annual science festival at a physical location last year due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, so its leaders opted to go online and produce a digital festival. Itll be online again this year. Last year’s digital festival turned out to be a success, and COSI, officially the Center of Science and Industry, opted to return to the digital format May 5-8 with the pandemic still ongoi...