Zettle enrolled in the course in hopes of finding exciting new ideas for teaching science, particularly waves, motion and energy. “We don’t do a lot of particle acceleration in 4th grade ...

“I hate Mission Projects,” Nancy McTygue, executive director of the California History-Social Science Project and ... missions themselves in fourth grade, by gluing Popsicle sticks or stacking ...

“I have one, two, three, four…” Evan says holding up the awards and ribbons he has racked up for his fourth grade science project. He won first place at Rowe Lane Elementary, and went on to ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A Florida fourth grader's science project involved nearly an ounce of cocaine, three drug-sniffing dogs and the cooperation of police. Emma Bartelt ...

With the recent adoption of the new History-Social Science Framework by the California State Board of Education, it is acknowledged that the story of California begins in pre-Columbian times. For this ...

The fourth-grade mission project, a rite of passage for elementary students for decades, may be on its way out. California’s new history and social science framework, passed by the state Board ...

The creeks gurgled peacefully, birds sang in the trees above, about seventy fourth grade science students got a hands-on experience they will never forget and 85 trout fingerlings swam away to ...

Now, an Olympia fourth grader says she can prove it doesn't work on E.coli. Nine-year-old Celia Vernon won her class science fair at Roosevelt Elementary with an experiment involving a live sample ...

An image purportedly showing a "4th Grade Science Quiz" hit the Internet in April 2013, showing a classroom test entitled "Dinosaurs: Genesis and the Gospel" and consisting of several true/false ...

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 ...

RCS High School biology student Laurel Riordan gives PBC fourth graders a lesson in stream health at the convergence of the Coeymans and Onesquethaw Creeks last month. Photo contributed ...