Project-based learning – a teaching approach whereby students explore and solve real-world challenges – can improve third graders’ scientific knowledge as well as their social and emotional skills.

RIDGEFIELD – South Ridge Elementary School bought STEM kits that included axles and wheels for third-graders to learn about force and motion. Students had to find a piece of recycled material for the ...

ROBERTS—Kindergarten students took a field trip to C-A-L Ranch last week and were able to see new baby chicks and ducks. A third-grade science fair will be held Friday at 2 p.m. The students will be ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- About 4,000 people die from drowning every year, according to the CDC. Three third graders from Powhatan County, Virginia hope their award-winning idea changes that. Mason Tovar, ...

Science and Children is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal for grade PreK–5 teachers, university faculty responsible for teacher preparation, and state and district science ...

Students explore and compare chicken and butterfly life cycles. In this lesson, students explore and compare chicken and butterfly life cycles through the development of scientific drawings or models.

Ahead of the 2024 school year, PS's The Educators is spotlighting 24 public school teachers around the country who are making a difference. Shelby Lattimore is a third-grade math and science teacher ...

Tell me about your dog. What type is it? What color is it? How much does it weigh? If you’ve got a cat, same questions apply. What’s the dog-to-cat ratio in your classroom (or office or home)? If ...

The A.R. Turner Elementary School fifth grader decided to base her science fair project on oil spills and how to pick up oil from bodies of water. With motor oil tinted green from food coloring, pea ...