Springmill STEM Elementary School in Mansfield has special learning spaces and approaches to teaching, but, it's not immune ...

As more teachers are using both the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards, they will increasingly be confronted with a challenge: The standards in literacy and ...

When is breaking something good? Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Ocee Elementary School in Johns Creek have the answer in taking old toys apart to see how they work in learning about science and ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Woodstock Elementary School (WES) was bustling with activity the evening of Thursday, May 4, as families, teachers, and staff enjoyed an interactive, museum-style science fair put on by students in ...

When school gets out for the summer, some dedicated Houston Independent School District elementary teachers head right back to the classroom to participate in a weeklong training program through ...

Winners in the elementary school category of the Southern Arizona Regional Science & Engineering Fair, held March 20-25 at the Tucson Convention Center: Acacia Elementary School: Reece Weatherford, ...

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