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Mock Election Activity for Students
Prepare students to exercise their future civic responsibility with a mock election.

Five Stress Management Strategies for Students
Children, like adults, can and do experience stress. In fact, children can begin to feel stressed as early as preschool.

8 Spooktacular Ways to Celebrate Halloween with Students
Get in the holiday spirit with these spooky games, experiments, recipes and more.

A Guide to Teach Computer Science in After School Programs
Think you can’t offer computer science to students in your after school program? Think again.

Chemistry Rocks! 3 Simple Science Experiments to Teach Chemistry
Students will be surprised to learn that we are surrounded by dozens of chemical reactions every day, from photosynthesis to digestion to electrochemistry.

Four Advocacy Strategies for Lights On After School
Every year, one million Americans join together to celebrate Lights On After School (LOA).

6 “Eggciting” Egg Experiments for Kids
Did you know the average American eats 250 eggs per year? That equals a total of 76.5 billion eggs per year eaten in the United States alone.

6 Proven Tips to Combat Gender bias in STEM Education
Women make up half of the overall workforce, but only 28% hold STEM jobs, according to the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP).