Max Buckley-Wright and Anders Carlsen, both 8, build elaborate shelters for toy polar bears using only marshmallows and toothpicks at the Stockbridge Library’s after-school STEM Building Challenge.

Schwenksville Elementary second grade students recently worked on the “100 toothpicks engineering challenge” in art class with Mrs. Jill Seitz. The object was to create the tallest possible tower ...

My son, Adian’s, kindergarten class was learning about three dimensional shapes and objects last week. His teacher opted to bypass the usual visualization tools (Tinkertoys, LEGO, K’NEX, etc…) and ...

The Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts held a marshmallow-filled event at S’mores Night Out in Waltham, where 60 children celebrated National S’mores Day on Aug. 10 by making themed necklaces, ...

It sounds like a recipe for disaster: pans of Jell-O, marshmallows and toothpicks in the hands of third- through sixth-graders. In reality, it was a lesson in how to avoid disaster. The after-school ...