Fighting the Coronavirus
The coronavirus has been everywhere in the news recently. As of February 16, 2020 over 70,000 people in China have been infected, and 1,770 have died. More ...
How to Get Girls to Love Science
There’s a common misconception that girls aren’t as interested (or as talented) in science and math as boys are—and sadly, this misconception affects the n ...
10 Exciting STEM Careers for 2020… and Beyond
It doesn’t have to be hard to get students excited about STEM careers! There are so many different STEM careers out there, many of them in new fields that di ...
Announcing Twig Education/SCALE partnership
Twig Education is announcing an exclusive partnership with Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE), part of the Graduate School of Educatio ...
Holiday Science—5 Festive Facts
The holiday season is just around the corner, so why not surprise your class with some fascinating facts about the holidays? Here are a few of our favorite ...
Creepy Science: 8 Halloween-Themed Facts to Scare Your Students
It’s Halloween, so we thought we’d share some facts from the weird world of science and beyond… Dead bodies can get goosebumps! This is because dead mus ...
5 Ways to Use Social and Emotional Learning in the Science Classroom
The skills we want to help young students develop don’t just include those directly connected to the subjects being taught. The Next Generation Science Standar ...
Instructional Shifts in the NGSS
"The difference in the verbs used in the NGSS tells the story. Gone is the conception of science ...
Environmental Principles and Concepts (EPCs) and the NGSS
You might’ve heard about California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts (EPCs)—but what are they, actually? And how do they affect teaching th ...
The Global Climate Strike
Members of the Twig Science team show off their banners at the march against climate change. In August 2018, 16-year-old Gret ...