Elementary science lessons often follow a rigid, textbook-driven approach, with students passively following predetermined procedures and observing expected outcomes. This “cookbook recipe” teaching ...

Laboratory work is essential for developing students’ observational skills and helping them better understand the experimental foundations of natural sciences. But hands-on labs are expensive and not ...

From designing creative learning experiences for families to combating information overload, our faculty-led labs are hubs for innovative, cross-disciplinary research. Together, our faculty and ...

Middle schools and high schools return to Argonne for hands-on STEM learning. As a world-class hub for science and engineering, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory welcomes ...

With only 18 minutes a day spent on science in the average elementary classroom, advocates are hoping outdoor learning labs are a way to spark students’ interest in the topic. Credit: Luis Bernardo ...

Most educational technology is designed to reduce friction. Prof. Rene Kizilcec, information science, thinks that is precisely the problem. “Learning is not about feeling good,” Kizilcec said, who is ...

The number of preschools pursuing learning through nature play is growing fast worldwide. However, the effectiveness and impacts of this approach is largely untested, and we recently completed the ...

Princeton faculty have found a number of innovative ways to teach remotely, from mailing archival materials to virtually choreographing dances. But how can you teach science when the labs themselves ...

In 2006, the TGR Learning Lab in Anaheim, founded by golf legend Tiger Woods’ foundation, opened to give 150 local, underserved youth more hands-on opportunities to help with learning in engineering ...