A third grade student sets the last domino down in a row along the edge of a table while playing in Crystal O’Brien’s classroom at Shidler Elementary School in Oklahoma City. Credit: Ariel ...

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Jefferson Elementary third graders raise trout from eggs and conduct dissections as part of a five-year science program with ...

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

The Smithsonian Science Education Center’s elementary curriculum, Smithsonian Science for the Classroom, received an “all-green” rating for its grades 3–5 instructional materials in a new report ...

How can you use interactive read-alouds to enhance your science teaching? In this hands-on virtual workshop, educators will learn how to combine literacy and science in the elementary classroom using ...

Introducing computer science at the elementary level gives young learners a strong foundation for the future. By learning tech skills early, students are set up for success in school and beyond. Today ...

As a student teacher I witnessed extreme inequalities in how science is communicated and taught at California elementary schools. My first teaching experience was as a STEM (science, technology, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Two third-graders sat on the floor of their classroom and lined up a row of dominoes along the edge of a low-lying table. They positioned themselves at each end of the row of ...