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28+ Exciting Experiments for Kids in Elementary School

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These kid-approved activities are bursting with wonder and aligned with NGSS standards , so you can be sure curiosity and goals are fulfilled. From making balloons stick to walls to squishing and swirling magical textures, each activity turns curious kids into mini scientists with big imaginations.

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Launching a districtwide computer science program for all grades

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Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Fortunately, the district earned a grant that allowed us to offer computer science at every grade level, starting as early as pre-K. We chose the curriculum from Ellipsis Education for a few key reasons.

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6 ways to improve PD in STEM for every grade level

eSchool News

Yet, at the elementary school level, many teachers haven’t had any specialized education or training in science, leaving them at a loss for PD in STEM. Our teachers across all grade levels have made great strides in developing their STEM content knowledge and teaching skills. Take a constructivist approach.

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Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School Selects Discovery Education’s Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement in the 2022-2023 School Year

eSchool News

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015.

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Virginia’s Portsmouth Public Schools Expands Partnership with Discovery Education to Bring Students in Grades 7-12 State-of-the-Art Digital Resources 

eSchool News

  CHARLOTTE, NC — Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) today announced it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education supporting the district’s five-year strategic plan, Expedition to 2025: Purpose. The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day.

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Carolina Biological Announced South Carolina Adopted New Grades K to 12 Science Teaching Materials

eSchool News

16, 2021 – Carolina Biological announced that two of its elementary school science programs are among the rigorous list of new science materials just adopted by the South Carolina State Board of Education for the state’s K-12 science curriculum. COLUMBIA, SC, Dec. Building Blocks of Science 3D (K-5). Leaders in the Field.

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The Keyword Search Activity That Teaches Critical Thinking

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When visiting a classroom last year to lead a lesson on multimedia creations for a group of elementary school students, we tackled this issue together. The Activity Teachers can model this process by thinking aloud after conducting a search. A good place to start is by modeling good search behavior.