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For World Oceans Day, try a new CD from the Banana Slug String Band and howtosmile.org ocean 

It’s the start of a new week of camp…You’ve got tons of outdoor activities planned…

Ingredients: graham crackers, marshmallows, chocolate, SUN!

Inspire learners (and yourself) to protect endangered species.

Celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8th by helping Scripps Oceanography researchers and Birch Aquarium name two new

For Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, howtosmile.org has it all—and it’s all science!

Marian Diamond keeps her brain in a hatbox—not her own brain, but the preserved human brain she shows in he

Watering a flower is a simple task, but not for Purdue University student engineers who took 244 steps to get t

Earlier this week, the Obamas had 30,000 kids and their parents over for an Easter party on the White House lawn, and howtosmile.org was there!

On Monday, April 25, the 133rd annual White House Easter Egg Roll started at 7:30 am on a beautiful Spring morning; 5 groups of 6000 people had 2 hours apiece to enjoy

• * celebrity readings (including the President reading Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs & Ham),
• * musical performances from the likes of Greyson Chance (“the next Jason Beiber”) and Will Smith’s ten-year-old daughter Willow,
• * healthy cooking demonstrations from chefs such as Jacques Pépin and Top Chef finalist Carla Hall,
• * and a suite of hands-on outdoor science activities fitting this year's theme of “Get Up and Go.”

Let’s say you’re an afterschool educator who has put together a killer Science of Sports unit. You’re letting what the kids want to know shape your lessons; so far you’ve managed to find hands-on activities to help them explore all of their burning sports science questions.