For decades, California fourth-graders marked a familiar ritual, collecting Popsicle sticks, cardboard and craft store items to build scale models of the state’s historic missions. In San Diego County ...

The garden is filled with roses at Mission San Juan Bautista, which was founded in 1797. Christopher Reynolds/ Los Angeles Times TPN Put away the Popsicle sticks, glue and sugar cubes. The ...

Elementary school science is probably where you learned a lot of what you know about how the natural world works. Take this quiz to see how well you remember the basics! Geologists study the Earth and ...

Andrew Rogers is only 9, but he knows he wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up. He might well be on his way, with his grand prize victory for his work on mummification in the Carlisle Area ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - It has become second nature: see hand sanitizer, pump hand sanitizer onto your hands. Health officials have promoted the use of hand sanitizers to help fight outbreaks of diseases and ...