From Farming to Fitness Trackers: 4–H National Youth Science Day
More than 100,000 students around the country were expected to explore Incredible Wearables in the program's exciting 10th year.
Budding Scientist
Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
Exploring a Different Kind of Team Sport
Learning how to balance strategy, practice, programming and teamwork at robotics camp
The GLOBE Program: Making the Case for K–12 Citizen Scientists
Young participants in the GLOBE Program have collected more than 140 million data points in the last 20 years
Why Just Play Video Games When You Can Design Your Own?
Spending a week at animation academy got kids looking at one of their favorite hobbies from a brand new perspective
Art, Data and Environmental Stewardship
An unexpected marriage between socially engaged art and citizen science for youth outreach
Storming Castles and Forming Friendships with Catapults, Robotics and Code
Five days, 18 kids, nine robots and a whole lot of plastic bricks
STEMtastic Party Games for Your Backyard Bash
Some ideas on how to add fun problem-solving and STEM challenges to an end-of-summer gathering
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.
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
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