With a few systems in place, active science experiences can be fun and meaningful for both students and teachers.

During my time as a kindergarten teacher, I learned three major lessons about our youngest learners’ relationship to science. Specifically, I learned that elementary school students are predisposed to ...

THE thirty-six object-lessons contained in the present volume form the third part of a scheme of lessons drawn up by the author at the request of the Liverpool School Board. They are designed for ...

How do you judge the power of a simple science experiment? Step inside a 4th grade classroom—and behold the near-total silence. One recent day, elementary teacher Jamie Curbow achieved just that, as ...

BEL AIR, Md. -- As one of its major science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educational outreach initiatives, the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) continues to help ...

THESE books deal with elementary physics. The first is intended for pupils to read in class, lesson by lesson, after they have attended an explanatory and experimental demonstration from the teacher ...

Jay, a concerned parent, discovers his third grader missed crucial science classes for nine weeks. School promises a ...

In a Mobile, Ala., elementary school, students regularly don hard hats, goggles, and lab coats to conduct science experiments. They design ramps for toy cars, observe the process of chicks hatching in ...

The third-graders looked puzzled when asked what they liked best about science. No answer. OK, then, next question: "What is science?" a visitor asked the children in a hallway at Bessie Carmichael ...

At some Los Angeles elementary schools, teachers have drastically cut time for science because of pressure to focus on reading and math. If they can incorporate science into class time, they say they ...

A Vermont elementary school is reportedly removing "male" and "female" language from its fifth grade science lessons covering the human body, puberty and reproduction. In a letter sent home to parents ...