Conte West Hills School third graders Olivia and Deon played tug-of-war in their classroom — not to see who was the strongest, but instead to conduct a science experiment to learn about forces. That ...

Project-based learning – a teaching approach whereby students explore and solve real-world challenges – can improve third graders’ scientific knowledge as well as their social and emotional skills.

RICHMOND, Va. -- About 4,000 people die from drowning every year, according to the CDC. Three third graders from Powhatan County, Virginia hope their award-winning idea changes that. Mason Tovar, ...

McDonogh and the Maryland Zoo partnered for a program helping 3rd-graders learn about endangered animals so they could teach ...

Students in family and consumer sciences teacher Jessica Subich’s Nutrition & Food Science class went to the elementary ...

SPRINGFIELD – The federal government has slashed a grant that provided hands-on science and engineering lessons for Springfield children, ending a learning opportunity for an estimated 1,000 ...

Three students from Barrington Elementary School in Upper Arlington are moving on in the world’s largest K-12 science competition after earning a regional win for a project designed to help turn brain ...

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