For decades, California fourth-graders marked a familiar ritual, collecting Popsicle sticks, cardboard and craft store items to build scale models of the state’s historic missions. In San Diego County ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - It has become second nature: see hand sanitizer, pump hand sanitizer onto your hands. Health officials have promoted the use of hand sanitizers to help fight outbreaks of diseases and ...

The garden is filled with roses at Mission San Juan Bautista, which was founded in 1797. Christopher Reynolds/ Los Angeles Times TPN Put away the Popsicle sticks, glue and sugar cubes. The ...

Elementary school science is probably where you learned a lot of what you know about how the natural world works. Take this quiz to see how well you remember the basics! Geologists study the Earth and ...

Science is always advancing—but kids still need to start with the basics, from how animals are born to the way electricity flows. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, which measures ...