Although it was summer break, Suzanne Zettle couldn’t stay out of the classroom. The 4th-grade teacher from Patterson Elementary School took part in a Fermilab course with the hopes of bringing what ...

Science is always advancing—but kids still need to start with the basics, from how animals are born to the way electricity flows. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, which measures ...

Elementary school science is probably where you learned a lot of what you know about how the natural world works. Take this quiz to see how well you remember the basics! Geologists study the Earth and ...

During which season of the year would a rabbit’s fur be thickest? A computer program called Aristo can tell you because it read about bears growing thicker pelts during winter in a fourth-grade study ...

Marcia C. Linn, Catherine Lewis, Ineko Tsuchida and Nancy Butler Songer Between 4th and 8th grade, American students fall behind on international norms, whereas Japanese students continue to perform ...

image: Achievement trends in mathematics and science are up, early learning has lasting effects, most students attend safe and orderly schools, and fourth grade students have positive attitudes ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - It has become second nature: see hand sanitizer, pump hand sanitizer onto your hands. Health officials have promoted the use of hand sanitizers to help fight outbreaks of diseases and ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Some Portsmouth parents have launched a petition against Cradock Elementary School that levies a number of accusations, with one notably being the elimination of science from the ...