This week, we learned …
… what happens when disadvantaged students are told they live in a meritocracy. Read of the week.
Photograph by David Alan Harvey, National Geographic
… there is no such thing as a digital native.

Photograph courtesy the Army Research Laboratory
… an aquatic robot is fighting toxic algae blooms.

Photograph by the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
How are kindergarteners imagining underwater robots?
… how to read a map, and how to navigate by the light of the moon.

Use our resources to learn map skills for elementary students!
… learning cursive might make you smarter.

Photograph by Rebecca Hale, National Geographic
How can gardening teach students about handwriting?
… the location of the worst Internet in America.

Illustration by Lester Beall, courtesy Library of Congress
… protons are lighter than we thought.

Photograph courtesy CERN
… the animal kingdom is really a chamber of commerce.

Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
How to scientists study animal behavior?
… nations are negotiating to protect fish in the open ocean.

Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
How would students establish an open-ocean marine protected area?
… L.A. might be able to avoid the economic “Olympic Curse,” but Tokyo’s already way overbudget.
What sports will appear at the 2020 Tokyo Games?
… NASA is hiring a “planetary protection officer” to protect Earth from alien life.
It probably won’t be a job for Ellen Ripley. Has alien life already invaded Earth?