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 ...

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 ...

Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the ...

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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — We are less than two months away from one of the biggest and rarest solar eclipse events of a lifetime. Dozens of students at Raymer Elementary School got a little taste of what to ...

Students in a first grade classroom observe bees during a science lesson. Credit: Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

Science education has long been a weak spot at some elementary schools, but educators are hoping California’s new science standards — if implemented well — will entice teachers to expand and improve ...

When Carrie Lombardi left her New York City finance job to teach at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, she was surprised to hear clucking from a colleague’s classroom one day. The students, she learned ...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — A Lexington One parent says he was stunned to learn his child went nine weeks without any science lessons, even though classroom newsletters said otherwise. Jay, a Deerfield ...

The St. Vrain Valley school board approved new elementary and middle school science curricula at its Wednesday meeting, following a committee review and teacher pilots of the new materials this school ...