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 ...

It's an unintended consequence of the Atomic Age. Dan Smith shows how nuclear testing inadvertently affected steel production for decades. ☢️ ...

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 ...

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 ...