Students may generate questions that are off-topic or not scientifically useful if given too much latitude in inquiry-based ...

During my time as a kindergarten teacher, I learned three major lessons about our youngest learners’ relationship to science. Specifically, I learned that elementary school students are predisposed to ...

BRIDGEPORT, OH (WTRF) – The fourth graders of Bridgeport Elementary School will be getting an early introduction to science, ...

Science and engineering instruction is under-resourced and not highly prioritized in preschool through elementary schools, with engineering receiving even less attention. These concerns are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elementary, middle and high school teachers establishing models for equitable science teaching practices at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. Credit: Jennifer Ray, Center to ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. First, research on science and engineering education has focused largely on middle and ...