KTSOct 18, 20162 minMicrobes Everywhere!Are microorganisms really everywhere? They are certainly very prominent in NYC's subway system, and in every other subway system in the w...
KTSOct 11, 20161 minIt's Alive!How do you know if something is alive? Check out the super goofy "biology song". It's a classic! Last Tuesday we started talking about li...
KTSSep 28, 20162 minAnimation!Today we started our very first microbe animation! We didn't give the kids too much guidance, we let them be creative and just observed w...
KTSSep 20, 20161 minMud!Enough talk about bacteria! We want to see them in the flesh, so to speak. So Meredith went to Alley Pond in Queens and brought back a co...
KTSSep 13, 20162 minSecond season: Microbes!Kids Talk Science's second season started today and the topic is Microbes! Get ready to talk about all things microbial, from the origin ...
KTSJul 13, 20161 minKids Talk Science is back! Our Fall session starts in September. Join us!Have you ever wondered what is DNA and how it can help solve a crime? For an answer, watch "To Catch a Crook--with DNA," created by Kids ...
KTSJul 13, 20161 minKids Talk Science is growing!Kids Talk Science welcomes Meredith Barish to the team! Meredith is an experienced science educator with a focus on hands-on, inquiry bas...
KTSFeb 3, 20161 minTo Catch a Crook -- with DNA is out!Today was the official screening of To Catch a Crook -- with DNA. It was a huge success! We watched the movie twice and suddenly there we...
KTSJan 25, 20161 minOur DNA video is nearly ready!After the December holidays, the girls and I got together for our final class. We filmed a few missing bits and had a little party, thoug...
KTSNov 18, 20151 minDNA, the musical?Last class we talked about how to introduce science explanations in a plot that is, for now, simple and straightforward. We feel that if w...
KTSNov 11, 20151 minDay at the MuseumAnd we finally made it to my beloved American Museum of Natural History, where I started my science writing career as an intern, writing ...
KTSNov 4, 20152 minDNA replication is crazy!The weather is still beautiful in New York City. We didn't think we would still be spending time outside, but here we are. (And no, this ...
KTSOct 28, 20152 minDNA + proteins = chromosomes!DNA is in every living organism, in every cell, inside the cell's nucleus. It has to be really small to fit in there, right? Yet If we to...
KTSOct 21, 20151 minDNA fingerprints and ... we have a script! (in progress)DNA is unique to each of us, unless, of course, we are talking about identical twins (their DNA is identical). In the same way as fingerp...
KTSOct 14, 20151 minOur very own gooey DNA + A gigantic DNA molecule grows in my kitchenExtracting DNA from a banana was good, but we wanted to see our own "molecule of life." To achieve that, we prepared salty water ... .....
KTSOct 7, 20151 minGooey, yucky, banana DNAToday, a banana generously donated cells so we could extract its DNA. How? Well, first we peeled the banana, then we cut the banana, next...
KTSSep 30, 20151 minFirst season! Kids Talk Science has started!Today it was Kids Talk Science first get-together. This season, we happen to be an all-girls team. Fun! Because class starts at 3:30 and ...
KTSSep 28, 20151 minBefore Kids Talk Science ...Before Kids Talk Science there was the Science reporters Club at PS 84! In just a few 40 minute periods at school, the kids made this! It...
