Drones, Data, and Deep-Fried Doughnuts: STEAM at the Great New York State Fair
Fairgoers will find an all-new STEAM exhibit at this year's state fair.
Budding Scientist
Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
Bring Some Citizen Science to Your Summer
Do you want to track local frog populations or photograph clouds for science? The young and curious kids you know can finish out the summer as citizen scientists
Teens Who Won Google Science Fair Took a Leap of Imagination
17-year-old Olivia Hallisey created a portable, rapid Ebola test that works without electricity
Teens Tackle Alzheimer's Disease, Vaccine Shortages at Google
Imagination, grit power this year's batch of 20 finalists
The Teacher and the Scientist: A Match Made on Facebook
How Lee Berger and a middle-school biology teacher brought the Homo nalendi discovery to students around the world
From Russia with Math (for Kids)
Led by university professors, "math circles" help young children see the beauty in numbers
Last-Minute Science Gifts For Kids
These books, movies and experiences are some of our favorites from the last year. All are gettable by Christmas at either Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, or at your local bookstore and aquarium.
Girls With a Plan to Ease World Hunger Win Top Science Award
A chance observation about warts on a pea plant led a trio of teenagers on a three-year mission to solve the world food crisis. Their perseverance earned them top honors at the annual Google Science Fair in Mountain View, California.
7 Amazing Google Science Fair Projects
Tonight, Google will announce the winners of its fourth annual Google Science Fair, which Scientific American co-sponsors. Watch the awards ceremony here live.
Hooked on Metrics: Why Learning Can and Should Be Measured
The following is a guest post by Scott Bennett, principal of eSTEM Academy in Reynoldsburg, Ohio When I first started teaching science 10 years ago, no one ever talked about achievement or thought about data.
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Anthropology in Practice
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Budding Scientist
Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Dog Spies
Explore the science behind the dog in your bed
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Drones, Data, and Deep-Fried Doughnuts: STEAM at the Great New York State Fair
Fairgoers will find an all-new STEAM exhibit at this year's state fair.
Read
Bring Some Citizen Science to Your Summer
Do you want to track local frog populations or photograph clouds for science? The young and curious kids you know can finish out the summer as citizen scientists
Read
Teens Who Won Google Science Fair Took a Leap of Imagination
17-year-old Olivia Hallisey created a portable, rapid Ebola test that works without electricity
Read
Teens Tackle Alzheimer's Disease, Vaccine Shortages at Google
Imagination, grit power this year's batch of 20 finalists
Read
The Teacher and the Scientist: A Match Made on Facebook
How Lee Berger and a middle-school biology teacher brought the Homo nalendi discovery to students around the world
Read
From Russia with Math (for Kids)
Led by university professors, "math circles" help young children see the beauty in numbers
Read
Last-Minute Science Gifts For Kids
These books, movies and experiences are some of our favorites from the last year. All are gettable by Christmas at either Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, or at your local bookstore and aquarium.
Read
Girls With a Plan to Ease World Hunger Win Top Science Award
A chance observation about warts on a pea plant led a trio of teenagers on a three-year mission to solve the world food crisis. Their perseverance earned them top honors at the annual Google Science Fair in Mountain View, California.
Read
7 Amazing Google Science Fair Projects
Tonight, Google will announce the winners of its fourth annual Google Science Fair, which Scientific American co-sponsors. Watch the awards ceremony here live.
ReadHooked on Metrics: Why Learning Can and Should Be Measured
The following is a guest post by Scott Bennett, principal of eSTEM Academy in Reynoldsburg, Ohio When I first started teaching science 10 years ago, no one ever talked about achievement or thought about data.
Read
Observations
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Plugged In
More than wires - exploring the connections between energy, environment, and our lives
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Roots of Unity
Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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Rosetta Stones
Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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Talking back
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Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals - living and extinct
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The Artful Amoeba
A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
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