The Virginia Department of Education approved the Academy of Technology and Innovation at the University of Mary Washington (ATI-UMW) to open in fall 2024. AIT-UMW’s goal is to “provide an innovative ...

A biology teacher shares learnings and takeaways from the “controlled chaos” of her class’s first citizen science project.

Cardinals Local Schools sixth grade science class participated in a Skittles Science Lab recently. Students used Skittles (their rock), water and a pipet (their precipitation), and a Petri dish (Earth ...

Students 2 Science (S2S) – a New Jersey-based STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) non-profit -- hosted ...

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.

As part of their lunar landing science lesson, students spent the last few weeks creating capsules for eggs. Students used common household goods like plastic bags and popsicle sticks to make the egg ...