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5 ways to use hip-hop in the classroom to build better understanding of science

  • Written by Edmund Adjapong, Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Seton Hall University
imageHip-hop can be used in science classes to help Black students gain interest in STEM. fstop123/E+ via Getty Images

Back when I attended M.S. 101 in the Bronx, I tuned out the science teacher because I didn’t think science was for me. I viewed the subject as something distant and inaccessible. I never saw myself becoming a scientist.

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