Science education is rarely a priority in elementary schools. That may be changing under the Next Generation Science Standards, adopted in whole or in part by 38 states and the District of Columbia.

Science and engineering instruction is under-resourced and not highly prioritized in preschool through elementary schools, with engineering receiving even less attention. These concerns are ...

BRIDGEPORT, OH (WTRF) – The fourth graders of Bridgeport Elementary School will be getting an early introduction to science, ...

Few decisions have greater impact on the effectiveness of science teaching in the nation's schools than the process of selecting instructional materials. This selection determines to a large extent ...

Problem: Curiosity is broadly distributed. Opportunity is not. Solution: Bay Area volunteers are bringing science experiments into the low-income classrooms, thrilling youngsters with hands-on ...

In a Mobile, Ala., elementary school, students regularly don hard hats, goggles, and lab coats to conduct science experiments. They design ramps for toy cars, observe the process of chicks hatching in ...

Teaching elementary school science can be a struggle. Math and English dominate the schedule in the early grades, often leaving scant time for science. And most elementary teachers don’t have a ...

Fourth-grader Reagan Calkins likes to visit the fish in her elementary school’s marine science lab each morning. Her favorite: Sunny the blenny. On Jan. 16, the 9-year-old was holding a sea urchin at ...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — Shameem Sherwin’s fifth-grade science classroom at Evergreen Elementary School had a stench to it this year. But in a good way as her classes of could-be scientists studied decomposing ...

Use this directory of public and private Elementary Schools across the U.S. to help you find the right school for your child.