The work of science is complex: it is a process, a product, and an institution. As a result, engaging in science—whether using knowledge or creating it—necessitates some level of familiarity with the ...

Is it possible that our country has been teaching science backwards? Scores from the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, on which the United States ranked 25th in math and 21st ...

Explaining a theoretical science concept to high school students requires a new way of thinking altogether, which is precisely what researchers did when they orchestrated a dance with high school ...

Dive into the most misunderstood concepts in science, from relativity to evolution, and discover what people often get wrong and why it matters. This video breaks down complex ideas with clarity, ...

Artificial Intelligence and cognitive science are very much interrelated. AI was first coined in a proposal for a workshop that took place in the summer of 1956 at Dartmouth College. The workshop ...

Media specialist and author Julie Darling shares the inspiration for her newest book series and her K–12 school makerspaces. Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she ...

Is there a central concept that pervades and frames modern empirical natural science? Could a single idea weave throughout natural scientific inquiry and frame the essential fabric of our objective ...

Suggested Citation: "3 Science Literacy in Society and the World." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Science Literacy: Concepts ...