Education Week

Aligned Science Curriculum, Better Scores? Research Finds a Connection

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the organization WestEd. Using an elementary curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards improved students’ science ...
PBS

Animal and Plant Families | 1st Grade Science

Students learn how parents and babies compare in appearance for animals and plants. In this lesson, students learn how parents and babies compare in appearance for animals and plants. Ms. Newby reads ...
Thrifty Minnesota on MSN

First Saturday Science at Metropolitan State University

First Saturday Science at Metropolitan State University offers a fun hands-on learning opportunity for children! Colleges are ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'From first grade to first job': Foundation surprises first graders, families with promise of ongoing support, college scholarships

Milwaukee developer Barry Mandel stood before the graduating class of kindergarteners and their families at Milwaukee Academy of Science and asked them to close their eyes. "I want you to go ahead and ...
abc13

Conflicts over climate change prevent some textbooks from being adopted in 8th-grade classrooms

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...