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.

RIDGEFIELD – South Ridge Elementary School bought STEM kits that included axles and wheels for third-graders to learn about force and motion. Students had to find a piece of recycled material for the ...

Students learn how to synthesize information from multiple non-fiction science books. Students learn how to synthesize information from multiple non-fiction science books in order to describe factors ...

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, ...

Tell me about your dog. What type is it? What color is it? How much does it weigh? If you’ve got a cat, same questions apply. What’s the dog-to-cat ratio in your classroom (or office or home)? If ...