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Chicago, Illinois – The significance of computer science education in schools is growing exponentially as it empowers children with the essential skills to navigate and excel in the digital world.

How do you judge the power of a simple science experiment? Step inside a 4th grade classroom—and behold the near-total silence. One recent day, elementary teacher Jamie Curbow achieved just that, as ...

Forty percent of elementary educators in California’s public schools say they spend an hour or less teaching science each week, while more than half of elementary principals acknowledge their kids won ...

Teaching elementary school science can be a struggle. Math and English dominate the schedule in the early grades, often leaving scant time for science. And most elementary teachers don’t have a ...

Journal of Science Teacher Education, Vol. 24, No. 6 (October 2013), pp. 1049-1072 (24 pages) We describe the Science Semester, a semester-long course block that integrates three science courses and a ...

Science education for elementary school students is a conundrum. Most people would agree that a strong background in math and science during the K-6 years sets the stage for academic and career ...

The third-graders looked puzzled when asked what they liked best about science. No answer. OK, then, next question: "What is science?" a visitor asked the children in a hallway at Bessie Carmichael ...

Ontario elementary students will learn about coding, artificial intelligence and skilled trades careers under a new science and technology curriculum for Grades 1 to 8 being introduced this fall — ...

During the spring of 2020, the global education community faced tremendous disruption as it transitioned to emergency remote teaching in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfamiliar with the ...

California’s elementary schools spend too little time teaching science as volcano models and germination kits vanish to focus more on English and math, a new statewide study says. And when science is ...

Elementary school teachers can use these activities to enrich the study of many different science topics in the elementary curriculum. Topics are aligned with curriculum for physical science, earth ...