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"Animas High School's Escape Room. And it might be the perfect entertainment for a spring evening. "Six geniuses can enter the room," said Aliza Cruz, a math teacher at AHS, "but if they can't work together, they probably won't get out." The origin of escape rooms is somewhat in dispute, but whether they began in Silicon Valley in 2006 or in Japan in 2007, they have spread around the world. Likened to a physical version of "escape-the-room" video games, they can be set to resemble such things as a space station or a dungeon."

"Animal dissection is one of the most controversial topics in science education. Scientists, teachers, animal rights activists, and parents and students all have a opinion about whether animal dissection is necessary or even educational. But despite strong arguments on both sides, it remains a core part of many schools' biology curriculum."

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