Teachers say that talking about COVID-19 in science class can provide real-world examples of biological processes, start conversations about information literacy, and give students a space to process ...
Vanishing glaciers, rising sea levels, ravenous droughts. The natural world today offers a broad—and dire—catalog of scientific phenomena for teachers wanting to craft classroom lessons on the topic ...
In this clip I am teaching my kindergarteners about the parts of a plant during our final virtual science class of the year.
The classroom goes outdoors for students at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve. (Caasi Chavez photo) Lompoc Unified ...
On the night of a big storm, I was trying to shift my son’s focus from his fear of severe weather to an exercise in counting. Using a trick I had learned as a child, we started measuring the time ...
This past academic year, more than 1 million students experienced Mystery Science in their classrooms. Elementary teachers in more than 10% of schools in the U.S. are using this program because the ...
The future of work will demand fluency in both science and technology. From addressing climate change to designing ethical AI ...
Learning Undefeated's space-themed Explorer Lab bus sits parked outside of Benjamin Banneker Middle School in early May. The bus is one of several immersive mobile labs bringing STEM education to ...
How would you dance the ocean tides? That’s a question that several ten-year-old pupils at Portuguese schools have had to think about, as they took part in a pilot project that uses dance in geology ...
When it comes out later this year, the most creative new set of Lego bricks won’t be available in stores or from any traditional retailer. The only place you’ll be able to find it is in a classroom.
A student goes over an article in University of Washington’s computer ethics class, taught by Prof. Dan Grossman. Credit: Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education ...