Let's stop fooling ourselves when it comes to school science fairs. What started out as an educational opportunity for children to show off their interest in science — and foster interest in science ...

Thanks in part to the fact that information is so readily available online, kids today are smarter than ever before. Sure, quick access to distractions like Snapchat and Angry Birds aren’t helping, ...

School science fairs often put students and parents on the hunt for project ideas. Of course, the point of these projects is for students, not parents, to learn how to plan and implement science! But, ...

We're asking K-12 students and teachers to share videos and photos of their science fair projects, including an explanation of the experiment and what was learned. What are the best soils for plants ...

Science fair might sound daunting to most high schoolers, but in “Science Fair: the Series,” executive directors Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster have hypothesized that any high schooler in the ...

There's a whole world of home science projects beyond the vinegar and baking soda volcano. Credit: peopleimages via Getty Images The vinegar and baking soda volcano is a science fair classic, but ...

Any parent whose kid comes home asking that they make a trip to Office Depot to pick up a "trifold display board" knows it's going to be a sh*tty week. That's because the only reason, historically, ...

You know about the Olympics, and you’re all up on the Oscars. For teenage science students the world over, the annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is all that and then some. This ...

Editor's note: This piece was originally published on Oct. 19, 2018. There are science fairs, and then there are science fairs. There’s the kind we all competed in — tri-fold display, baking ...

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Ask any parent who has helped their kid prep for a science fair, and they'll tell you horror stories about procrastination, late nights and unwieldy tri-fold poster boards. Kim and Penn Holderness, ...