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We’re excited to be collaborating with @skypeascientist.bsky.social for their free livestream on December 4th at 1 PM EST featuring researcher Andy Lee! Register here for your chance to talk with Andy about his research on sea snails & climate change: sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les....
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We’re excited to be collaborating with @skypeascientist.bsky.social for their free livestream on December 4th at 1 PM EST featuring researcher Andy Lee! Register here for your chance to talk with Andy about his research on sea snails & climate change: sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les....
As glaciers melt at faster rates than ever, it’s important to be able to accurately measure & predict changes. That’s why researchers at University of Zurich compared different data collection & measurement methods for tracking glacier loss. Learn more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/wha...
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As glaciers melt at faster rates than ever, it’s important to be able to accurately measure & predict changes. That’s why researchers at University of Zurich compared different data collection & measurement methods for tracking glacier loss. Learn more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/wha...
Can you believe it's November already? Check out our monthly roundup, including our latest article and some suggested activities, to make your end-of-the-semester planning a little easier: open.substack.com/pub/sciencej....
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Can you believe it's November already? Check out our monthly roundup, including our latest article and some suggested activities, to make your end-of-the-semester planning a little easier: open.substack.com/pub/sciencej....
Have you heard of bird flu? It turns out, it doesn’t just affect birds, but also cows! Researchers at Cornell investigated how the bird flu virus infects dairy cows and how it may cause them to stop producing milk. Learn more in this adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/why...
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Have you heard of bird flu? It turns out, it doesn’t just affect birds, but also cows! Researchers at Cornell investigated how the bird flu virus infects dairy cows and how it may cause them to stop producing milk. Learn more in this adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/why...
Have you ever heard of or experienced climate change anxiety? Researchers at University of New England Australia wanted to better measure and describe this phenomenon. Learn more in this adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how....
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Have you ever heard of or experienced climate change anxiety? Researchers at University of New England Australia wanted to better measure and describe this phenomenon. Learn more in this adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how....
Did you know some lizards use their tongue to help them smell, including Guatemalan beaded lizards? Does tongue-smelling help them find food? Learn what researchers at Georgia State University found while investigating how these lizards find their food: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how....
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Did you know some lizards use their tongue to help them smell, including Guatemalan beaded lizards? Does tongue-smelling help them find food? Learn what researchers at Georgia State University found while investigating how these lizards find their food: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how....
Our sense of smell can tell us a lot about the world. What can it tell us about ancient mummified bodies? Learn about what researchers at University of Ljubljana & University of London found when they investigated this question in this adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/wha...
September 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Our sense of smell can tell us a lot about the world. What can it tell us about ancient mummified bodies? Learn about what researchers at University of Ljubljana & University of London found when they investigated this question in this adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/wha...
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease, though it is preventable and treatable. The key is diagnosing it early. It turns out, rats may actually be able to help us with this! Learn how in this article adapted from @herorats.bsky.social's work: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how....
September 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease, though it is preventable and treatable. The key is diagnosing it early. It turns out, rats may actually be able to help us with this! Learn how in this article adapted from @herorats.bsky.social's work: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how....
Search dogs can help us to find certain items through their sense of smell. Researchers at Eötvös Loránd University International wanted to learn if certain types of dogs are naturally better at smelling than others. Find out what they learned: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/do-....
August 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Search dogs can help us to find certain items through their sense of smell. Researchers at Eötvös Loránd University International wanted to learn if certain types of dogs are naturally better at smelling than others. Find out what they learned: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/do-....
Try reaching your arm in front of you. To do so, your brain just sent messages along nerves in your spine. But what if you had 8 arms? Researchers wanted to learn about how octopuses coordinate all 8 of their tentacles. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
August 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Try reaching your arm in front of you. To do so, your brain just sent messages along nerves in your spine. But what if you had 8 arms? Researchers wanted to learn about how octopuses coordinate all 8 of their tentacles. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
Atmospheric rivers can carry a lot of water through the air as water vapor, leading to heavy rains or snow when they hit land. Researchers at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov wanted to learn about how clusters of atmospheric rivers form. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
July 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Atmospheric rivers can carry a lot of water through the air as water vapor, leading to heavy rains or snow when they hit land. Researchers at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov wanted to learn about how clusters of atmospheric rivers form. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
What do a GPS, weather forecasting, and long-distance communication have in common? They all involve satellites in low Earth orbit! But it turns out climate change may impact how many satellites we have can in orbit. Learn more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
July 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What do a GPS, weather forecasting, and long-distance communication have in common? They all involve satellites in low Earth orbit! But it turns out climate change may impact how many satellites we have can in orbit. Learn more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
Happy Friday! As some of us start to prepare for the upcoming school year, we wanted to share some funny #TGIF science memes and jokes so you have a stockpile of them ready to entertain your students. Feel free to share your favs with us!
#teachershare #funny #biologyjokes #memes
#teachershare #funny #biologyjokes #memes
July 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Happy Friday! As some of us start to prepare for the upcoming school year, we wanted to share some funny #TGIF science memes and jokes so you have a stockpile of them ready to entertain your students. Feel free to share your favs with us!
#teachershare #funny #biologyjokes #memes
#teachershare #funny #biologyjokes #memes
The way you think about time linked with your sense of community can impact your wellbeing, including levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. Learn more about this in our latest article adapted from work by researchers at the University of Padova: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/why....
July 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The way you think about time linked with your sense of community can impact your wellbeing, including levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. Learn more about this in our latest article adapted from work by researchers at the University of Padova: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/why....
Did you catch the new installment of our monthly newsletter? Check it out to learn all about cutting-edge microscopic robots and watch some fun footage of them in action: open.substack.com/pub/sciencej.... Donʻt forget to subscribe to receive the next edition straight to your inbox!
July 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Did you catch the new installment of our monthly newsletter? Check it out to learn all about cutting-edge microscopic robots and watch some fun footage of them in action: open.substack.com/pub/sciencej.... Donʻt forget to subscribe to receive the next edition straight to your inbox!
What if rocks could make oxygen? This sci-fi sounding “what if” may be true! Researchers at @samsocean.bsky.social were shocked to find oxygen production in the deep sea and traced its most probable source to metallic rocks on the sea floor. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
June 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
What if rocks could make oxygen? This sci-fi sounding “what if” may be true! Researchers at @samsocean.bsky.social were shocked to find oxygen production in the deep sea and traced its most probable source to metallic rocks on the sea floor. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
Imagine a microscopic robot that moves like an inchworm and changes colors like a chameleon. Cornell scientists created a red blood cell-sized robot small enough to change how light bounces off a surface! Read all about it: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/wha...
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Imagine a microscopic robot that moves like an inchworm and changes colors like a chameleon. Cornell scientists created a red blood cell-sized robot small enough to change how light bounces off a surface! Read all about it: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/wha...
Remember our adapted article on what happens to astronaut DNA in space? Now, we have a brand new,
original lesson to go along with it, including a hands-on modeling activity and videos. Check it out: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les...
original lesson to go along with it, including a hands-on modeling activity and videos. Check it out: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les...
June 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Remember our adapted article on what happens to astronaut DNA in space? Now, we have a brand new,
original lesson to go along with it, including a hands-on modeling activity and videos. Check it out: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les...
original lesson to go along with it, including a hands-on modeling activity and videos. Check it out: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les...
Do you know about the different types of video resources we have? Read all about them in our latest installment of our monthly newsletter, and donʻt forget to subscribe to receive next monthʻs edition straight to your inbox: open.substack.com/pub/sciencej...!
June 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Do you know about the different types of video resources we have? Read all about them in our latest installment of our monthly newsletter, and donʻt forget to subscribe to receive next monthʻs edition straight to your inbox: open.substack.com/pub/sciencej...!
Kangaroo rats are bipedal (2-legged) rodents that can jump high with their strong back legs, which can come in handy for escaping predators. But how does their response to predators compare to 4-legged rodents? Find out in our new adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
May 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Kangaroo rats are bipedal (2-legged) rodents that can jump high with their strong back legs, which can come in handy for escaping predators. But how does their response to predators compare to 4-legged rodents? Find out in our new adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
Did you know that a weakened polar vortex (a band of strong winds above the North/South Poles) can lead to extremely cold weather & snow in other places? But what can cause a weak polar vortex? Find out what researchers learned in this adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
May 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Did you know that a weakened polar vortex (a band of strong winds above the North/South Poles) can lead to extremely cold weather & snow in other places? But what can cause a weak polar vortex? Find out what researchers learned in this adapted article: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
Our resources have reached an estimated 2 million+ students in the U.S. & about half a million overseas, covering topics like rediscovering rare species: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how.... We also created teacher training video resources, like this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqh1...
May 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Our resources have reached an estimated 2 million+ students in the U.S. & about half a million overseas, covering topics like rediscovering rare species: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how.... We also created teacher training video resources, like this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqh1...
🌟Science Journal for Kids and Teens is a free STEM teaching resource used by half a million science educators. With generous support from the Moderna Foundation in 2024, we produced & published 10 of our signature multimedia, multilingual & hands-on STEM discovery sets.
May 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
🌟Science Journal for Kids and Teens is a free STEM teaching resource used by half a million science educators. With generous support from the Moderna Foundation in 2024, we produced & published 10 of our signature multimedia, multilingual & hands-on STEM discovery sets.
Did you know there are over 5,400 species of mammals? Dive into exploring this diverse class of animals with our article collection all about mammals, which includes 7 adapted scientific research articles: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les...!
May 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Did you know there are over 5,400 species of mammals? Dive into exploring this diverse class of animals with our article collection all about mammals, which includes 7 adapted scientific research articles: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les...!
It's May 1st, and you know what that means! Our monthly newsletter is out. This month, we're highlighting newly adapted research on mammals! Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/sciencej....
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Don't forget to subscribe to receive the next edition directly in your inbox!
May 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's May 1st, and you know what that means! Our monthly newsletter is out. This month, we're highlighting newly adapted research on mammals! Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/sciencej....
Don't forget to subscribe to receive the next edition directly in your inbox!
Don't forget to subscribe to receive the next edition directly in your inbox!