Aldronda Alonzo (left) and Pa Skaw Le feel the texture of a model brain Nov. 7 at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine booth at the Cedar Valley Family STEM Festival at the Five Sullivan ...

A prominent national science education reform program received a major blow when the National Science Foundation opted to discontinue its support. One significant standards-based project, however, ...

About a dozen educators gathered in the library at Boulder’s Platt Middle School on Thursday to get a primer on using the state’s science standards to engage and motivate students while giving them a ...

As a boy growing up in the United Kingdom, my learning often began once school was dismissed. On any given day, I could be found disassembling machines—stripping lawn mowers down to parts, then ...

Students observe the wavelength of light at which different compounds burn during a Sept. 19, 2024, science lab at the College Community School District’s Prairie Ninth Grade Center in Cedar Rapids.

A state panel Wednesday began reviewing science standards used in public schools, which have not been changed since 1997 and are the third oldest in the nation. The update, which was ordered by ...