Blue Blocks Bridging the Lab and the Classroom: A Participatory Micro-Research Methodology for Scientist-Child Co-authorship in STEM

"Bridging the Lab and the Classroom: A Participatory Micro-Research Methodology for Scientist-Child Co-authorship in STEM" (Blue Blocks Micro Research Institute, 2026) presents a structured framework for involving school-age children as legitimate co-authors in scientific research. Rather than treating students as passive subjects, the methodology embeds researchers within everyday school activities — workshops, experiments, and problem-solving sessions — to observe and document children's original ideas, questions, and design contributions. The paper introduces the concept of "micro-studies": short, tightly scoped research cycles (2–6 weeks) with clearly defined observation units, documentation protocols, and…