Kids Talk Science

Are microorganisms really everywhere? They are certainly very prominent in NYC's subway system, and in every other subway system in the...

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...

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...

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...

Kids Talk Science's second season started today and the topic is Microbes! Get ready to talk about all things microbial, from the origin...

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...

Kids Talk Science welcomes Meredith Barish to the team! Meredith is an experienced science educator with a focus on hands-on, inquiry...

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...

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,...

Last class we talked about how to introduce science explanations in a plot that is, for now, simple and straightforward. We feel that if...

And we finally made it to my beloved American Museum of Natural History, where I started my science writing career as an intern, writing...

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...

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...

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...

Extracting DNA from a banana was good, but we wanted to see our own "molecule of life." To achieve that, we prepared salty water ... ​...

Today, a banana generously donated cells so we could extract its DNA. How? Well, first we peeled the banana, then we cut the banana, next...

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...

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...