Citizen Science Salon is a partnership between Discover and SciStarter.org. Around the world, millions of kids are headed back to school in a totally different way. Classes are online. Teachers talk ...

If you're the parent of school-age kids, you undoubtedly struggle with the complex task of keeping your kids busy, keeping yourself sane, and most importantly, keeping your kid's brain engaged in a ...

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, ...

No bachelor’s degree in science necessary! You and your kids can do these science experiments at home! These are simple, age-appropriate experiments using items that you likely already have around ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Even though students are spending their days learning from home, it is still possible to make learning hands-on and fun! Here are some of my favorite science experiments, mostly about ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Citizen Science Salon is a partnership between Discover and SciStarter.org. Citizen science happens when people like you make hypotheses, gather data and share their findings with researchers. As a ...

Jonte Lee, a physics and chemistry teacher at Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., spent the spring meeting his students where they are—on social media. When Lee’s school moved to distance ...

Science fair experiments might remind you of your awkward clay volcano project in fourth grade, or trying to string together some toothpicks with sticky glue. It wasn’t pretty, but admit it — making a ...