Ninth grade biology students construct the parts of a cell using clay. A solid science background makes middle-school science teachers more effective, say experts. Credit: Allison Shelley/The Verbatim ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a middle school hallway in Charlottesville, Virginia, a pair of sixth grade girls sat shoulder to shoulder on a lime green settee, creating comic strips that chronicled a ...
As California proceeds with implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a major point of contention is likely to be how to sequence science content in the middle-school grades. The ...
Eighth-grader Liam Bayne has always liked math and science -- that’s one reason his family sent him to The Alternative School For Math and Science (ASMS). But he was surprised and excited when his ...
Middle school science teacher Kent Heckenlively has spent part of his time teaching, well, not science. A prominent anti-vaccine campaigner, Heckenlively made world news in 2017 when he was denied ...