Introducing math and science through inquiry and problem-based instruction can pay off throughout elementary school, according to a massive international series of studies. Education economists Emma ...

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Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes. In Chapter 5, students learned how the process of dissolving ...

In Sandy Valley Local Schools, eighth-graders are helping local missionaries create earthquake resistant buildings for people in Haiti, which has yet to recover from the massive earthquake in 2010 ...