Science

Giving students a design challenge—and a compelling reason to delve into complex engineering—makes them more engaged, motivated, and committed to deepening their own understanding.

New elementary science teachers can build student engagement and enhance learning by using the explore-before-explain approach.

This routine creates an equitable structure for sharing out ideas, questions, or evidence in science class—and helps ensure every student takes part.

Repeated exposure to important concepts helps students retain more information and think deeper about the material they’re studying.

Plants can illustrate how different people need different things to be nourished—and how equality and equity differ.

When science teachers ask their classes to formulate good questions, they tap into students’ natural interest in the world around them—and build engagement and motivation.

An inquiry-focused method gives students a way to connect scientific ideas to their experiences and apply their learning.

A new study shows that when implemented well, AP courses built around project-based learning can raise test scores for all students, including those in traditionally underserved demographics.

With a little creativity, students can still take part in science experiments and discussions while learning at home.

Removing summative assessments from instructional practice can make class more interesting, engaging, and stress free for students.

Introducing elementary students to ideas that apply across disciplines enhances their understanding of the sciences as an interconnected whole.

Incorporating the arts into STEM education helps foster students’ creativity, cognitive development, and content knowledge.

Middle school science teachers can have students explore the natural world, strengthening their scientific habits of mind.