Imagine a classroom of curious elementary students grasping clipboards, eager to conduct an experiment to see if the small car they built can protect their egg “passenger” in a head-on collision. It’s ...

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 ...

Computer science is becoming more commonplace around Ector County ISD even at the elementary level. Caitlin Couch, district science coordinator, deals mainly with elementary computer science, but ...

The National Science Foundation has awarded a four-year, combined $2 million collaborative grant to the Lynch School of Education and Human Development and the University of Texas at Austin to ...

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 ...

Nearly 300 Killeen ISD elementary students tackle hands‑on engineering challenges in 12 STEM events.

PreK–5 digital learning platform Seesaw has launched standards-aligned elementary computer science curriculum for grades K–5, offering interactive tools for students including audio, photos, video, ...

The annual PTO sponsored Tilden Elementary Science Fair in February encouraged students to present independent projects and explore science through hands-on, interactive activities. “All student ...

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 ...