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Career of the Month: Ethnobotanist
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This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Karen Sherwood's career path to becoming a ethnobotanist.
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Right to the Source: Back to School With Primary Sources
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Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses the "Measuring the Blizzard's Rage" photograph.
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Building Bridges Between Science Courses Using Honors Organic Chemistry Projects
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Introductory undergraduate science courses are traditionally offered as distinct units without formalized student interaction between classes. To bridge science courses, the authors used three Honors Organic Chemistry…
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Using Photojournals to Develop Ecoliteracy in a Blended Environmental Science Course
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Developing innovative tools for ensuring that students understand the ways in which science content connects to their lives, future careers, and global issues is becoming more dynamic as online, blended, and hybrid…
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Self-Directed Learning With Feedback
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This article describes a weekly writing assignment named SelFeed (Self-Directed Learning with Feedback), in which students are asked to identify their own questions relevant to the lecture content and provide logical…
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Integrating Technology in Today’s Undergraduate Classrooms: A Look at Students’ Perspectives
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The authors present the findings of a small-scale study of student opinions drawn from an anonymous and voluntary survey in an undergraduate science classroom. The survey questions focused on the use of basic tools in a…
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This study involved a scientific research competency module taught to the first-year premedical student in a 6-year premedical–medical program at an overseas U.S. medical school.
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Research and Teaching: Teaching Students How to Check Their Work While Solving Problems in Genetics
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An essential component skill of monitoring and reflection during problem solving is work checking, a process used by experts while solving problems to determine if their solution is achieving the goal. The results of…
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At the authors' public liberal arts institution, biology masters students are required to enroll in BIOL 5050: Teaching Techniques. Course topics include designing effective lectures, assessment, classroom management,…
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Research and Teaching: Reenvisioning the Introductory Science Course as a Cognitive Apprenticeship
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Introductory science courses play a critical role in the recruitment and retention of undergraduate science majors. In particular, first-year courses are opportunities to engage students in scientific practices and…
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue discusses the importance of the insights that are gained through neuroscience research.
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Case Study: What Makes a Good Case, Revisited: The Survey Monkey Tells All
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue the authors provide a more definitive answer to…
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A design challenge requires students to create structures that can withstand a hurricane’s effects.
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A fourth-grade ecology lesson connects science and social studies.
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Students explore earthquakes and other natural hazards using technology.
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