ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXEMPLAR 1: SEEDS OF SCIENCE/ROOTS OF READING Jacqueline Barber, Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley, shared her insights into developing Seeds of ...

Science literacy is a crucial skill for modern students. It equips them with the knowledge to critically evaluate information, understand scientific concepts, and make informed decisions in a rapidly ...

A recent correspondent shared a memorable quotation from the Nobel Prize winner Ernest Rutherford: “That which is not Physics is stamp collecting.” In other words, that which isn’t science is a ...

1. Demonstrate that scientific knowledge applies across multiple scales of size and/or time. Climate impacts, local vs global. Climate change timescales, long term (geologic timescale) to short term ...

Science communication and misinformation literacy together form a critical field that seeks to ensure that accurate scientific information is both accessible and resilient to distortion. Science ...

To graduate with a science major, college students must complete between 40 and 60 credit hours of science coursework. That means spending around 2,500 hours in the classroom throughout their ...

When districts adopt evidence-based practices like Structured Literacy, it’s often with a surge of excitement and momentum. Yet the real challenge lies not in the initial adoption, but in sustaining ...

Building systems that support literacy for science not only within classrooms and schools, but also across schools, communities, districts, and states requires unique strategies and approaches.