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ARS is home to many amazing young minds. Learn about them in our Young Scientists series.

ARS offices, employees and locations around the country are strongly encouraged to participate in STEM outreach opportunities aimed at increasing literacy in science, technology, engineering and math for students of all ages.

We’re going to learn about a very small fungus, called yeast. Let’s find out how this special fungus helps us make bread.

What happens if we put hydrogen peroxide and yeast together in a large quantity?

The ARS Pollinator Health in Southern Crop Ecosystems Research Unit in Stoneville, MS recently set up a new apiary!

Do different types of apples have the same number of seeds? Try this fun data analysis and collection experiment for elementary school students.

Students from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences visited ARS's National Animal Disease Center

Use this project to fin dout if you are getting enough vitamins and minerals.

ARS Soil Management and Sugar Beet Research Unit staff participated in Expedition Colorado, an annual field trip to teach students about natural resources and conservation practices.

Many ARS employees participate in STEM outreach opportunities aimed at increasing literacy in science, technology, engineering and math.

This activity helps students learn more about different animal behaviors . Get creative painting or drawing!

Try this experiment around your yard or school and see how biodiversity at the plant level affects biodiversity at the insect level.

This experiment helps students compare vitamin C content and rank orange varieties or juice brands from highest to lowest.

For this experiment, we’re going to test the effect a hard soil layer has on plant growth and root development.

For this experiment, we’re going to test the effect that high salt soil concentrations have on plant growth and root development.

This experiment helps students create a black light and use it to look at the fluorescence of different food items and plants .

This activity helps students learn more about different animal behaviors to ensure pets are happy and stress free.

ARS offers internship programs to current students and recent graduates, and even Presidential Management Fellowships, to explore federal careers as paid employees.

This experiment helps students learn the importance of having clean hands.

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These experiments help students learn about soil erosion.

This experiment helps students learn about growing plants with organic soil amendments.

This experiment help students learn about plant growth and root development. (Appendix A: Resource Material)

This experiment help students learn about plant growth and osmosis. (Appendix A: Resource Material)