Oak Hills PTA is hosting the annual science fair at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia and new this year, the school is introducing its first annual STEM Expo, happening from Jan. 17 to Jan. 19. Each and every student has been encouraged to participate. STEM which stands for (Science, Technology,...

High school seniors driven to make a difference through science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) still have time to apply for Edison International’s $1.2 million Edison Scholars Program. Each year, Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, helps students dream...

Northlake Hills Elementary will host a family friendly, hands-on S.T.E.M. night on Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., with activities, challenges, and even the Mars Rover. Families have the opportunity to enter two challenges, requiring preparation at home:the LEGO car challenge, where families build...

Photo Courtesy of NASA On Friday, March 20 a larger-than-average new super moon will pass right in front of the sun and create a total solar eclipse. The total solar eclipse event will be the first since Nov. 3, 2013. The eclipse will happen on the same date as the March 2015 equinox, where the moon...

California teachers have new guidance from the State Board of Education as they continue implementing the California Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Wednesday. The State Board of Education today approved the new Mathematics...

California State University, Northridge anthropology professor Hélène Rougier and her research colleague, Antoine Balzeau of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and France’s Nation Center for Scientific Research, have used a “super scanner” to identify a unique way extremely thin...

New education standards that reflect the major advances in science over the past 15 years are one step closer to completion with the launch of a final public comment period before they go to the State Board of Education for adoption, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced...

Schistosoma mansoni harbors a population of stem cells (yellow dots) that replenish its tissues and help it live in its host for decades. Photo by Jim Collins, University of Illinois. [National Institutes of Health] – The flatworms that cause the tropical disease schistosomiasis can live and reproduce...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced the second draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is now available for public review and comment until January 29, 2013. NGSS is a new set of voluntary, rigorous, internationally benchmarked science standards. The...

Cameron Quon, a student producer for Saugus High School’s in-house Saugus News Network, has been selected as a finalist in a national science-themed video competition. The 17-year-old’s entry, “Solar Power: Saving With Solar,” is one  of 20 videos selected out of more than 260...