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Two teenagers in sweats running on a high school track for the President Fitness Test mile

Your mile times from the Presidential Fitness Test may be part of national history

By Ian Douglass/Mel

binary code balancing on a level

Want ethical AI? Hand the keys to middle schoolers.

By Sarah Scoles

Classroom with textbooks, backpacks, whiteboard

Many US students won’t find accurate climate science in their textbooks

A blonde child wearing pink and green while kneeling in a shallow stream to pick up a rock.

6 geology games for kids who take rocks for granite

By Noah Lederman

A child doing homework at a table

Ask Us Anything

Kids are onto something: Homework might actually be bad

By Stan Horaczek

Will microschools dominate post-pandemic education?

Will microschools dominate post-pandemic education?

By Barnett Berry/The Conversation

pregnant belly with graph representing dropping birth rate

Why birth rates are falling, and why it’s no big deal

By Neel Dhanesha

A person sitting on a bed, enjoying playing a keyboard that's hooked up to a laptop.

5 tech tricks for learning a musical instrument

By Gina Wisener

Two kids with blond and red hair sitting on a washer in a laundry room

Yes, little kids should do chores. Here’s how to get them started.

By Jean Levasseur

A line of yellow school buses.

Electric Vehicles

A Maryland school district switched to electric buses to save kids’ lungs. Can others follow?

Get smarter with these gamified learning apps

Get smarter with these gamified learning apps

By RK Pendergrass

Kid with glasses using computer in a living room

Your guide to kid-proofing a computer

Old printed photos scattered around a table.

How to colorize your old black and white photos

Masks, well-ventilated classrooms, and other precautions are key to reopening schools

Kid playing with blocks

4 fun techniques to keep kids learning while they’re stuck at home

Science gifts for kids sliced and diced header

The best science gifts for kids for all ages

By Billy Cadden, Jen McCaffery

A young man under rd and purple light, wearing a computer headset and touching his microphone while looking at a screen.

Online classes are difficult for the hard of hearing. Here’s how to fix that.

Chinese parents and kid have a meal in their dining room

Learning a second language early might have ripple effects throughout your life

A student in a red graduation gown dabbing

4 big ideas on fixing American schools

By Sabrina Imbler

Make magical scratch-and-sniff holiday cards with the kids

Make magical scratch-and-sniff holiday cards with the kids

By Sophie Bushwick

The finished cardboard robotic hand on someone's hand

Turn a boring box into a sweet working robotic hand

By Jonathan Adolph

A green and red Io moth caterpillar crawling across a person's hands

Insects can be the ultimate teaching tool for kids

By Kawahara, Ennes & Markee/The Conversation

A black and white photo of a census taker with a big family full of children

Six ways the 2020 census will change your life

By Sara Kiley Watson and Purbita Saha

People's Climate March in Washington, D.C. in 2017

The pandemic is teaching us how to better fight climate change

By Dr. Robin E. Bell/Undark

A new science-driven app aims to help kids and parents play together

By Stan Horaczek

a child student using an Apple mac laptop for school work on a wooden table

How to buy a quality laptop for school without breaking the bank

By Whitson Gordon

Causes of Mortality in the Army

Infographics have helped keep us alive for centuries

By Murray Dick/MIT Press Reader

Data on COVID-19 outbreaks in schools was sparse, so this teacher collected it herself

Data on COVID-19 outbreaks in schools was sparse, so this teacher collected it herself

By Audrey Goodson Kingo/Working Mother

Boy doing online school in a mask.

The risks of three back-to-school plans, ranked

By Sara Kiley Watson

Long-distance learning could help us democratize education

Long-distance learning could help us democratize education

By Meredith Bodgas/Working Mother

A toddler dressed as Wonder Woman

Eight summer activity ideas that will boost kids’ brains

By Pexman, Reggin & Madigan/The Conversation

a man with a wrench in his mouth, working on a motorcycle

Five skills to learn in your spare time, and how to master them

By Harry Guinness

Dipping shortening-covered hands in ice water

Stay-at-home science project: Craft handmade blubber

By Purbita Saha

13 free online resources to educate and entertain your kids

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

a person holding a TV remote and using their TV

Eighteen digital freebies and extended trials you can take advantage of right now

A panel from a comic strip about CO2 emissions and global heating

Are we irreversibly screwed on climate change? This comic gives perspective.

By Matteo Farinella and Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media News

A man holds a smartphone with the YouTube app.

YouTube science videos are riddled with scams, plagiarism, and misinformation

By Dan Garisto/Undark

How to learn to fly

By Julie Boatman/Flying Magazine

looking through telescopes skyward from a rooftop of one of the buildings of al-Aqsa University in Gaza City

A Palestinian brings stargazing to his homeland, and finds wonder alongside heartbreak

By Sarah Sax/Undark

Person watching laptop and taking notes.

How to learn new skills online

By Harry Guinness

a man on his white couch with a cup of tea or coffee, smiling while using his laptop

Become a Wikipedia master by accessing special pages and other handy tricks

a blonde woman looking stressed out about math and surrounded by books

How to improve your math skills

Why are there no black Nobel laureates in science?

Why are there no black Nobel laureates in science?

Penalizing kids for school lunch debt can harm their mental health

Penalizing kids for school lunch debt can harm their mental health

By Nicole Wetsman

person playing chess

Why the smartest people can make the dumbest mistakes

By David Robson

What this 17th century astronomer can teach us about succeeding in the modern world

What this 17th century astronomer can teach us about succeeding in the modern world

a girl reads a textbook with a magnifying glass, and butterflies come out of the pages

Insects are disappearing from science textbooks—and that should bug you

By Erin Blakemore

Sans Forgetica font sample

This wacky-looking font can help you remember what you read

By Eleanor Cummins

The reclusive inventor of the Rubik’s Cube wants to do more than amuse you

The reclusive inventor of the Rubik’s Cube wants to do more than amuse you

By Eleanor Cummins

Kids aren’t reading enough. One solution? Robots.

Kids aren’t reading enough. One solution? Robots.

Why this algebra teacher has her students knit in class

Why this algebra teacher has her students knit in class

By Sara Jensen/The Conversation

a girl looks at a touch screen

Climate change forced a famously old-school museum to go digital

By Eleanor Cummins

Kids can be citizen scientists, too—here’s how

Kids can be citizen scientists, too—here’s how

By Eleanor Cummins

Planetariums seem old-school, but they have a surprisingly lively future

Planetariums seem old-school, but they have a surprisingly lively future

By Mary Beth Griggs

How art could help encourage kids to study science

By Cassidy Mayeda

Now kids can easily program a complex robot to recognize a smile

Now kids can easily program a complex robot to recognize a smile

8 new skills you can learn by watching YouTube

8 new skills you can learn by watching YouTube

A decade after his death, Steve Irwin is still the face of wildlife education

By Ian Graber-Stiehl

Human Anatomy Gets Virtual

Human Anatomy Gets Virtual

By Alexandra Ossola

More Cases of Sexual Harassment In Astronomy Come to Light

More Cases of Sexual Harassment In Astronomy Come to Light

By Annabel Edwards

airplanes over the mojave

What happens when the space industry collides with a tiny town?

By Sarah Scoles

5 Ways To Support Minority STEM Students

5 Ways To Support Minority STEM Students

Four Child Inventors Who Weren’t Arrested And One Who Was

Four Child Inventors Who Weren’t Arrested And One Who Was

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How To Inspire The Next Generation

How To Inspire The Next Generation

By Interviewed by Cliff Ransom