Helping the Lab Feel More Familiar
Skills learned in the kitchen, at the vanity, in the craft room or in the garage can help put classroom struggles into context
Stories by Amanda Baker
Including Some Activism with Your Earth Day Arts and Crafts
Remembering the scale and impact of the day's origin may inspire kids to expand their Earth Day plans
STEM Is Far More Than the Lone Genius
What if kids pictured STEM careers like getting to spend every day talking to people who are just as excited about space, dinosaurs or butterflies as they are?
It's Time for the USA Science & Engineering Festival
With thousands of exhibits and dozens of live shows, it would be a challenge for anyone to walk away uninspired
I Will Always Love The Phantom Tollbooth
Children’s literature has so much to offer when it assumes young readers are up for a challenge
Nature: Closer Than It Seems
Fighting the stigma that the outdoors is hard to reach, dangerous and best experienced alone
Life Is a Group Project
Even adults can become the dictator, the slacker, the martyr, the lone wolf or the sidetracked enthusiast of their group
"For Whatever Reasons"
Acknowledging bias is not a substitute for doing something to address it
Winning, Losing and Learning to Be a Better Member of the Team
Tough lessons from competition can help build stronger collaborators
Relevant Skills: It's All Relative
From getting samples through customs to siphoning gas in the desert, the skills researchers need to develop for their work often extend far outside the traditional classroom
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics...and Budgeting?
Giving young people the chance to plan the nitty-gritty details of a hypothetical research project can offer a low-stakes way to initiate conversations about money management
FabLabs Are Showing That Student Makers Have Many Faces
Opening the lab door to alternative education, therapeutic emotional support, special needs and behaviorally nonconforming students shows potential benefits that reach far beyond report cards
My Museum
Visiting museums as a kid leaves you with so much more than just the sum of the exhibits
Lighthearted Thinking about Thinking Out Loud
Can a card game make interdisciplinary synthesis and critical thinking fun?
Using Pop Culture to Practice Productive Disagreement
From supervillains to Sunday book club, books and movies provide low-stakes chances to build the constructive conversational skills we need for more important debates later on.
Connecting Kindergartners and Coding without a Screen in the World of Unstructured Play
The KIBO robot tries to balance the huge potential young children have for learning with the physical realities of how they like to play.
Can a Shipping Container Increase Access to Hands-On STEM?
The MilliporeSigma Curiosity Cube traveled more than ~18,000 miles in its inaugural year, packing science and scientists into a bright yellow box.
Salty Solutions: Looking at the Driveway a Little Differently
With kids home from school and snow on the ground, its a great time for some wintertime STEM exploration
STEM Gifts That Don't Come in Boxes or Need Batteries
Encouraging the budding scientist in your life doesn't have to mean getting your hands on the latest gadgets
Recognizing False Beliefs: More Than Chimneys and Reindeer
The holidays can provide a yearly reminder that all the learning we have to do as we grow up leads to a lot of important highs and lows
