Stepping off the Q train at Prospect Park Station in Brooklyn, I winced at the screech and grumble of the subway. Car horns echoed from streets nearby and the weekend morning crowd of visitors ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count is slated for Feb. 14-17, all over the globe. Last year, more than 642,000 people in 210 countries or subregions helped count birds. This Valentine's Day weekend, love ...

One of the most impactful activities is how campfire science and DIY forts reveal how backyard adventures are raising resilient kids by turning open-ended play into real-world learning that builds ...

Families can dive into science and fun at the Corpus Christi Museum with Geek Gala Jr., featuring "Backyard Science" and hands on demonstrations.

It's that time of the year when the children are out having fun in the sun. While they're outside, encourage them to explore one of the best science classrooms -- their own backyard. Here's an ...

It's that time of the year when the children are out having fun in the sun. While they're outside, encourage them to explore one of the best science classroom: their own backyard. Using a few ...

Curious kids explored hands-on experiments at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History’s Geek Gala Jr., “Backyard Science,” supporting museum programs.

For many of us, summer is all about fun in the sun, pool parties and that feeling of endless vacation—unless you keep up with the news. Recently there have been a lot of concerning or even devastating ...

With summer camps filling up fast and screens taking center stage, many parents are rethinking how to keep kids engaged in ways that matter. They want something close to home, but rich in creativity ...

Anna Endreny, a teacher at Syracuse's Ed Smith School, is leading a group of local elementary school teachers in a weeklong summer workshop on using local parks and other green spaces to help teach ...