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 ...

Survey results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show 8th graders do less scientific inquiry now than five ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- About 4,000 people die from drowning every year, according to the CDC. Three third graders from Powhatan County, Virginia hope their award-winning idea changes that. Mason Tovar, ...

EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of ...

School is back in session, bringing in the first wave of students born during the pandemic, dubbed “COVID kindergartners,” ...

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.