In March 2023 Khan Academy launched Khanmigo, a GPT-4 powered custom version of ChatGPT technology designed to serve as an interactive tutor for students. In the months since, Khanmigo has been made available to individual users as well as districts, and has added new features such as the Academic Essay Feedback tool.

Makeblock mBot Neo and mBot Ultimate robotic coding kits offer powerful solutions for students in elementary through high school. These can be controlled manually, with visual block or Python programming, and are an engaging and flexible platform for students to creatively explore coding and robotics. The Neo model is designed for elementary students 6+ years while the Ultimate kit targets students 12 years and up.

April is Financial Literacy Month, and teaching students about topics such as credit scores, inflation, student debt, cryptocurrency, and financial misinformation is vital, says John Pelletier, director of the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College. He shares some best practices and resources to help teach financial literacy.

Updated for 2024: In 1970, the first Earth Day sparked a massive public response, with 20 million Americans taking to streets and college campuses to speak out against air and water pollution, wilderness loss, and animal extinctions. The public outcry led to the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency and legislation to safeguard air, water, and endangered species.

"Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence." -- Alistair Cooke

• What If Your AI Girlfriend Hated You? (Wired)
• Why Do Dolphins Swim In Front Of Ships? (IFL Science)
• Culinary Fusion in the Ancient World (JSTOR Daily)
• To Help the Allied War Effort, These Scientists Got Drunk on Nitrogen (Smithsonian Magazine)
• Why Do People Feel Like They're Being Watched, Even When No One Is There? (Live Science)

Stay curious, friends!