Fourth-grade students turned into budding scientists during Brandon Elementary’s first Science Fair earlier this month, showcasing the projects on which they have been working for the last six weeks. ...

Although it was summer break, Suzanne Zettle couldn’t stay out of the classroom. The 4th-grade teacher from Patterson Elementary School took part in a Fermilab course with the hopes of bringing what ...

My colleague Sean Cavanagh, who covers math and science here at Education Week, recently wrote an article about science labs in elementary schools. According to the story, although science standards ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether conceptual change texts and laboratory experiments are effective in overcoming misconceptions and whether the concepts were acquired permanently ...

A light turned each student’s head during an electricity experiment last month in a Van Buren Elementary School fourth-grade class. And a separate light glowed on each of their desks. They worked in ...

OREGON, Ill. — A book grant on soil from the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (IAITC) program allowed Oregon students to engage in an unexpected activity. Ms. Tammy Greene's fourth-grade class at ...