Conte West Hills School third graders Olivia and Deon played tug-of-war in their classroom — not to see who was the strongest, but instead to conduct a science experiment to learn about forces. That ...

Jeremiah Ramirez rolled the green modeling dough into two balls and placed a positive lead from a 9-volt battery into one and a negative into the other. Next, the 8-year-old spread the prongs of a ...