Fourth-grader Reagan Calkins likes to visit the fish in her elementary school’s marine science lab each morning. Her favorite: Sunny the blenny. On Jan. 16, the 9-year-old was holding a sea urchin at ...

As a student teacher I witnessed extreme inequalities in how science is communicated and taught at California elementary schools. My first teaching experience was as a STEM (science, technology, ...

The battle over Common Core education standards is playing out across the country, but a new set of requirements for teaching science is creeping into curricula without the same fanfare. Some states ...

Rancho Canada Elementary School in Lake Forest held a family night focused on science education featuring more than 16 different kid friendly labs. The Feb. 27 event also included experiments from a ...

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Teaching elementary school science can be a struggle. Math and English dominate the schedule in the early grades, often leaving scant time for science. And most elementary teachers don’t have a ...

The Pennekamp Elementary School Science Fair is the only one in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District’s four elementary ...

Students learned about everything from wildfires to falcons to bug populations at the yearly event.

Few decisions have greater impact on the effectiveness of science teaching in the nation's schools than the process of selecting instructional materials. This selection determines to a large extent ...

The Elementary Science Olympiad, an annual event focused on inspiring Hamilton County youth through hands‑on STEM learning, was held yesterday and brought together hundreds of elementary students from ...

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