A structured, safe way to introduce your new lab and routines. This treasure hunt helps students learn the layout of the science classroom, identify key equipment, and understand safety expectations.

Teachers can use these ideas to turn students’ willingness to participate in an activity into something more meaningful.

Try eight retrieval practice activities, including brain dumps, low-stakes quizzes, retrieval grids, and two-minute recall, with examples for your classroom.

Sharie Murray noticed the benefits of getting kids moving during the pandemic. The K-3 special education teacher and her colleagues at North Elementary School in Birch Run, Mich., started to use short ...

This report elaborates on the Standards by providing a guide to optimize the ongoing activity in the science classroom that engages both teachers and students in making judgments about the students' ...

Children at play outside or with unfamiliar materials look as though they might be answering such questions as: What does this do? How does this work? What does this feel like? What can I do with it?

Science classrooms with scientific equipment and supplies should not be used for non-science courses or activities unless the science materials can be stored in a secured area. Laboratory activities ...

Go beyond the walls of the classroom and put your discipline into practice in real world settings. Learning Beyond the Classroom (LBC) is a certificate program that enhances student marketability in ...

Physical activity breaks in the classroom can help ramp up student fitness and increase attention—or turn into a chaotic hassle that teachers work to avoid. Fewer than 9 percent of school-age children ...

This Solar System Research Project Science activity includes printable planet research templates and fact sheets that help students explore the Sun, Moon, planets, and important facts about our solar ...