In this week’s edition of “What’s Brewing with Stephanie,” things got interesting at the South Florida Science Center & Aquarium. WPBF 25 News morning anchor/reporter Stephanie Berzinski caught up with a group of fifth graders from Renaissance Charter School at Summit on a field trip.


From studying human blood cells under microscopes to checking out a giant tarantula and exploring life under the sea, Berzinski had quite the adventure with this group of students. They shared with her their dreams and goals, what excites them about science and one student event shared his idea for an invention.








TALKING ABOUT WHAT’S BREWING WITH STIFF ANY. LET’S ON GO ON ADVENTURE SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER AAQUARIUM. HAD YOU EXCITED FIFTH GRADERS. YES CAUGHT UP WITH THEM ON A FIELD TRIP AND ONE PARENT DISCUSSED EDUCATION AND LEARNING WITH ME AND TTLKED ABOUT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO GET CHILDREN EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND AS WELL AS WHAT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET KIDS INTERESTED IN SCIENCE AND MATH. THE PARENT I SPOKE WITH TELLS ME SHE SEARCHED AND SEARCHED FOR RIGHT SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AND FINALLY SETTLED THIS YEAR ON RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL FOR KIDS. THIS SCHOOL HAS UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER. THE TEACHING METHOD IS DIFFERENT. THEY ENGAGE STUDENTS. THEY TAKE TIME OUT TO GET THEM INTERESTED IN THE LESSON. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING BUT WHATEVER IT IS IT IS WORKING AND THEY SHOULD BOTTLE IT UP AND SELL IT AAL OVER THE COUNTRY. I MEAN THAT WITH EVERYTHING IN HE ME I’M VERY, VERYYHAPPY AND PLEASED WITH THIS SCHOOL. BOTTLE IT UP AND SELL IT. I LOVE THAT LINE. IN ADDITION TO FIELD TRIPS RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL BY THE WAY THE ONE ON SUMMIT WORK WITH THE SCIENCE CENTER TO BUILD COMMUNITY GARDENS WHICH IS A COOL PART.





“It’s going to be called ‘Hover X’ and then it’s going to be voice command so when you tell it to go left it goes left. When you tell it to go right, it goes right then when you tell it to do a special move, it does a special move,” 10-year-old Richy Champagne explained.


But getting children excited about learning and going to school every day can be difficult. It often takes creativity on the part of the teacher.


“They’re teaching method is totally different,” said Lakeisha Forbes, a parent of two students who just enrolled at Renaissance Charter School at Summit. “They engage the students, they take time out to get them interested in the lesson. I don’t know what they’re doing but whatever it is, it’s working and they should bottle it up and sell it all over the country.”








EVER, EVER AGAIN. BONZO IS BANNED FROM THE PORCH. AS WE WRAP UP THIS WEEK WITH STEPHANIE WE LEARN WHAT MAKES KIDS EXCITED TO LEARN. CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER HAS GOOD ADVICE. TAKE IT FROM HIM CENTER MANTRA IS HANDS ON MIND ON. IT STARTS WITH PLAY. WHAT DOES IT DO WHEN IT BUMPS INTO THAT AND THAT AND ALL THAT STUFF. THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO TAKE KIDS WHERE THEY’RE AT AND BUILD ON NATURAL TENDENCIES. LIEU CRAMTON URGES PARENTS TO LET KIDS GET MESSY TO BUILD THINGS AND IT BECOMES EDUCATIONAL AT THE TIME. SPEAKING OF FUN A BRAND NEW DINOSAUR EXHIBIT GETTING READY TO ON THEIR NEXT MONTH WITH MOVING, ROARING GIANT ANAMATRONIC DINOS. WE’LL BE PREVIEWING IT. MOST FIFTH GRADERS HAVE A GOOD TIME RUNNING AROUND.





President and CEO of the South Florida Science Center & Aquarium, Lew Crampton, urges parents to remember the mantra, “Hands on, Minds on.”


“It all starts with play,” said Crampton. “What’s this thing do when it bumps into that and what’s it do after that? And all that other kind of stuff, so the whole idea is to take kids where they’re at and then build on their natural tendencies.”


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What’s Brewing with Stephanie at the South Florida Science Center & Aquarium




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