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Colorful, exciting science activities to help students ring in the new year with a smile.

From freckles and dimples to nearsightedness and allergies, hereditary traits are fascinating; that’s why students love exploring human genetics.

Getting students excited about palindromes is easy when they discover they’re all around us in nature, mathematics, and words.

A timely discussion about handling Thanksgiving leftovers to expand students' understanding of food-science topics.

The curious minds in your class will be fascinated to learn the science of how masks work to help keep disease or bacteria carrying respiratory droplets at bay.

We’ve scared up fun facts and activities that support your lesson plans on skeletal systems.

Your students will be the few in a “billion” people who can answer questions about the structure and composition of the Milky Way Galaxy.

These real-life science teachers share how they use Ward’s Science Olympiad kits to teach hands-on STEM lessons at home or in the classroom.

A perfect way to get students back on track. The STEM kits help students brush up on math and science skills lost during the past year of virtual learning.

Demonstrate the hydrophobic effect, surface tension, and hydrogen bonding with this fascinating underwater activity.

Help students discover the science behind cool things like glow sticks, fireflies, jellyfish, and even crime scene investigations.

Deepen students’ knowledge of how Earth’s position in its orbit and its tilt cause the seasons, affect temperature, and the amount of daylight each hemisphere gets.

The students in your class will be fascinated by learning how bacteria and denatured proteins are connected to their holiday meal's safety.

Virtually all living cells are dependent on diffusion and osmosis processes. This free activity will enable students to explore the relationship between diffusion and cell size.

Take the stress out of teaching hands-on science to students at home with this list of budget-friendly and versatile supplies that enable endless science experiments.

Your students will get a rise out of building a hovercraft to explore the principles behind gravity, air resistance, and friction.

Celebrate African American scientists' incredible achievements and get original works of art to inspire your students to blaze their own trail in STEM fields.

Keep students engaged over the holiday break with these hands-on science activities that will a-maize the whole family.

Use these illuminating facts about color from McGraw Hill’s AccessScience to make the study of light & color fun & easy. Key concepts focus on the visual perception of different wavelengths of light.