With more than 30 million children stuck at home due to coronavirus-related school closings, many parents have suddenly become homeschool teachers. For parents who don't have teaching experience, ...

Pour some milk in a dish (whole milk works best, but honestly, use whatever's not expired), drop in some food coloring, then touch it with a dish soap-dipped cotton swab. The colors will scatter like ...

Looking for a science project to do with kids? These experiments go beyond the trivial and incorporate real-world scientific research. Around the world, millions of kids are headed back to school in a ...

Many kids will be spending more time learning from home as the school year ramps up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Without the beakers and test tubes of the science lab, it may seem difficult to ...

Kengo Yamada remembers asking a class of kindergartners where they thought wind came from. “One said, ‘Trees make wind,’” says the associate director of early childhood education at New Jersey’s ...

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Are your kids a little nervous for that first day back? Get them in a mellow mood with this groovy lava lamp experiment. Plus they’ll learn about the scientific properties of oil and water. Some kids ...

Science kits are a great way to get kids curious about our world and beyond. After all, these kits have the power to captivate, teach STEM skills, and entertain all at once. If your child is already ...

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My kids have had lots of questions this week, ranging from "why can't we go to the playground?" to "can we see the coronavirus?" to "why do I have to wash my hands again?!" Although I am still trying ...

In Overland Park, kids stepped into a mobile science cube to see what it’s really like to be a scientist.

Science experiments are a fun, educational way to entertain kids at home so here are 5 easy experiments to try. Chromatography flowers are made by drawing stripes around the top of coffee filter paper ...