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.

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, ...

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.

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD – The federal government has slashed a grant that provided hands-on science and engineering lessons for Springfield children, ending a learning opportunity for an estimated 1,000 ...

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 ...

Cardinals Local Schools sixth grade science class participated in a Skittles Science Lab recently. Students used Skittles (their rock), water and a pipet (their precipitation), and a Petri dish (Earth ...

McKinley Elementary School in Elkins Park held their very first Science Fair Thursday. The 4th graders showcased their projects for the entire school, and many of them were pretty impressive. One ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. NEWFANE — Beginning in March, fourth and fifth graders at NewBrook Elementary School started putting together a science fair. Each student had a unique ...