Tag: NGSS
Great whites have a DNA mystery science can’t explain
Once on the brink of extinction during the last ice age, great white sharks made a remarkable global recovery, but their DNA reveals a baffling story.
N.J. steps up climate change education
N.J. has significantly upgraded its climate change education plan for students in the state, hoping to move toward a clean-energy future.
Weather conference for Howard Co. 6th graders
The Howard County (Md.) Conservancy invites 6th graders to register for a conference about preparing for extreme weather.
Does your high school offer chemistry? Probably not.
About 3 in 5 schools that include 7th grade in the US don't have a class called "chemistry," Education Week says. Here's why.
US teachers harbor climate change misconceptions
US science teachers have some of the same misconceptions about climate change as the general public, and they need more support.
In classrooms, fish hook students … on science
Elementary students become more interested in being scientists when their classrooms have live fish, a new study from Johns Hopkins has found.
Flyers players relate science, math to hockey
Getting kids interested in learning about math and science, as it relates so much to the world around them, means something in Penn., Del., & N.J.
SCOTUS won’t hear Kan. science/atheism case
Science standards in a Bible-belt state have a tough fight. But the science will remain, and it would be great if it could co-exist with religious belief.
Calif. and U.S. in standoff over a science test
Calif. officials say they shouldn't waste students' time with science tests that don't even test understanding of new science standards. US says they have to.
NAEP reports state-level scores on science test
Scores were released Thursday on the 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade science test for NAEP. State-level results might not tell us what we need to know.