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Special Events

June 17, 2025

Current and Future Innovators Take Center Stage at KID’s Most Successful Expo Yet

How do you invent the future? At KID, we think it’s by empowering students to…

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Community Partnerships

June 13, 2025

Our Approach to AI: Building a Deeper Understanding of this Powerful Tool

Artificial Intelligence is already transforming how young people live, learn, and connect, yet so many…

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Futurist

October 14, 2024

Beyond Learning Recovery, How Do We Help Kids Thrive Again?

Students are now well into the fourth “normal” school year post pandemic, and while we…

Cara Lesser

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June 27, 2024

What the Doctor Ordered: Time to Unplug

School’s out and summer is the perfect time to unplug and try something new. When…

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Community Partnerships

April 16, 2024

Celebrating Our Community & Its Changemakers

KID Museum's Black History Month Celebration, February 4, 2024 History is being made at KID…

Odalys Lugo-Morales

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April 11, 2024

Celebrating “Active History”

"I'm Black History." A young girl wrote this during KID Museum’s Black History Month Celebration…

Dorothy Jones-Davis

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January 31, 2024

The Old Algorithms for Teaching Math No Longer Add Up

Can math be fun? Yes! Does this translate to real results? Yes, it does. Over…

Cara Lesser

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Apprentices

December 21, 2023

The Power of Human Connection

There are countless moments in my work when I get to truly appreciate why I…

Cara Lesser

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Partnerships Special Events

October 20, 2023

An Invitation to the White House

KID Museum students, teachers, and partners were featured at a special event at the White…

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Partnerships

September 7, 2023

Partnership engages young scholars in creative science-based problem solving

A team of eager third and fourth graders from Van Ness Elementary in southeast Washington,…

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August 15, 2023

Catalysts in the Classroom

A chain reaction set off a high-energy summer at KID Museum – for kids as…

Cara Lesser

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Invention Studio

June 13, 2023

The Age of Invention

From a senior U.S. patent official to a Gen Z entrepreneur seeking her first patent,…

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May 23, 2023

Let’s Talk About A.L. – Artificial Limitations

KID Museum hosted a teacher appreciation event earlier this month, and two speakers got me…

Cara Lesser

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Verizon Innovative Learning Day at KID Museum

Partnerships Special Events

April 27, 2023

Celebrating Verizon Innovative Learning Day at KID Museum

This Sunday, our partners at Verizon helped extend free access to students and families from…

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Special Events

April 10, 2023

For Maker Girls, Seeing Is Key to Becoming

Variations on this aphorism come up a lot in STEM circles, as we seek to…

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March 30, 2023

March Forth, Roll On

As we began our March celebration of inspirational women makers, we heard the news that…

Cara Lesser

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February 16, 2023

Connection & Belonging

Sometimes in education we forget the simplest things. As the middle schoolers in KID Museum’s…

Cara Lesser

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Invention Studio

January 30, 2023

Middle Schoolers Invent the Future

How many ideas do middle schoolers have for improving our world? Hundreds – and some…

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December 28, 2022

Lighting the Path for Future Generations

As we enjoy winter holidays celebrating light, gratitude, and renewal, I am reflecting on the…

Cara Lesser

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November 3, 2022

Girl Powered: Rethinking How We Teach STEM to Girls

At our “Girl Powered” robotics event last month, I heard a girl say, “I don’t…

Cara Lesser

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