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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...