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 ...

Students in the 4th and 8th grades are showing more mastery of science, but high school seniors’ scores on the assessment known as “the nation’s report card” stayed flat from 2009. The results ...

Science is always advancing—but kids still need to start with the basics, from how animals are born to the way electricity flows. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, which measures ...

Elementary school science students in Leigh Ann Anderson’s classes skip the textbooks and get straight to the experiments. Four fourth graders huddle over short magnetic wires attached to the top and ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - It has become second nature: see hand sanitizer, pump hand sanitizer onto your hands. Health officials have promoted the use of hand sanitizers to help fight outbreaks of diseases and ...

The Divas of the Dry Ingredients and the Lords of the Liquids got right to work. They measured, mixed, kneaded, tossed, and rolled—all in the name of science. Approximately 350 fourth-graders from ...