Schools Compete in Cook-off to Select Food for Astronauts
Ten teams of high school students are competing to have their dishes selected as food for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. They’ll meet in a nationwide Culinary Challenge at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 21, at Space Center Houston….
Meet the Teen Finalists of Captain America: Civil War Challenge
Five teenage girls who dream about changing the future through science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) visited Dolby Laboratories in Hollywood as part of Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War – Girls Reforming the Future Challenge. The girls submitted a STEM…
NASA to Host Student Rocket Launch Competition
NASA will host almost 50 high school, college and university teams from 22 states at the its 16th annual Student Launch competition and second annual Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) Challenge, April 13-16 in Huntsville and Toney, Alabama. These events engage…
School Meals Programme for Lebanese and Syrian Children
A carton of milk or juice, locally baked snacks and a piece of fruit are included in a school lunch that some children in Lebanon are receiving, as part of a meals programme launched by the United Nations food relief…
Education Program Launched for American Indian Children
The American Indian College Fund, in collaboration with five tribal colleges and universities and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, has launched a new early childhood education initiative. It includes the child development knowledge from within Native American communities and the best…
How NASA Studies Clouds from Space
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will host this month’s Sunday Experiment on March 20, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT. This afternoon of free activities gives elementary school-aged children and other family members a…
Look, What Sultan Says with His Drawings
Sultan is a student of the ‘Friends of the Future’ school being run by the RMN Foundation in New Delhi. Of late, he decided to express some of his observations – related to increasing pollution and child labor – through…
Why Young Girls Must Study Engineering
Women represent only 13 percent of the engineering workforce in the United States. With that imbalance in mind, tech company Raytheon has teamed up with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to introduce more girls to the field of engineering…
























