The Smithsonian Science Education Center’s elementary curriculum, Smithsonian Science for the Classroom, received an “all-green” rating for its grades 3–5 instructional materials in a new report ...

What is the point of science experiments anyway?In school science classes, 'experiments' have always held a special status.

I am a 5th and 8th-grade science teacher and at the start of the 2013 school year, I wondered if I could get my students to become productive scientific writers. To find out, I introduced my students ...

Computer science (CS) doesn’t have to be intimidating. With the right tools and support, any teacher can demystify coding and create meaningful CS learning. In this webinar, teachers and ...

Biology teachers at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan, have developed and now teach an annual climate change unit. They support students in understanding the overarching scientific concept of ...

During the summer, I taught a computer science course for educators at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College. Funded by Google’s CS4HS grant, this was a four-day intensive “crash course ...

Brad Edwards is the kind of enthusiastic teacher who usually works in his classroom during the summer. But this past summer, school officials told the 32-year-old to stay out of Rahway Middle School ...