8 Feel-Good Stories to Brighten Up Your Day
The world can feel a bit gloomy at the moment, so we would like to spread some positivity with some feel-good stories from around the world. Let’s jump rig ...
Coronavirus: Updates from Imperial College London
Scientists at Imperial College London—one of the world’s leading universities and partner with Twig Education—are racing to develop a vaccine for coronavir ...
Fighting the Coronavirus
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic. (1) While the virus originated in China, the spread of the virus is slowing down t ...
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 ...