Lauren Arrington's sixth-grade research project is cited in a science journal. (July 24, 2014: See the editor's note at the bottom of this page for an explanation of the story's new headline.) ...

Cardinals Local Schools sixth grade science class participated in a Skittles Science Lab recently. Students used Skittles (their rock), water and a pipet (their precipitation), and a Petri dish (Ea… ...

A sixth-grader's project for her school's science fair made waves among academics studying invasive lionfish that infest many U.S. waters.

Remember when science fairs were all about simulated volcanoes and locker alarms? Amateur stuff. These kids, both fresh out of sixth grade, are sitting at a lunch table and talking about tensile ...

Glenwood Springs Middle School’s sixth grade class showcased their innovative science projects at their annual Celebration of Learning on Wednesday. The event, initiated by science teacher Autumn ...

Last week the sixth-grade global cultures and science classes began their first of many interdisciplinary projects of the school year.

Sparta Meadowview Middle School sixth-grader Kaeli Rank, right, demonstrates how liquids interact while presenting her science fair project on spherification, the process where cooks uses chemical ...

Previous studies have documented that middle school students have a limited "knowledge unproblematic" epistemology of science (i.e., scientists steadily amass more facts about the world by doing ...