Sparking a Movement

Journal Article | January 2021

Science That’s Out of This World

Journal Article | June 2020

A Human-Centered Design Tool Kit for STEM-Based Capstone Courses

Journal Article | July 2022

In fall 2019, a food science instructor partnered with the design center at a large Midwestern university to create a student activity tool kit for integrating the Human-Centered Design (HCD) approach into a science,…

Data-Driven Science Vlogging for Connected Learning Anywhere

Journal Article | April 2022

Give Them the Tools and They Will Explore

Journal Article | February 2021

Paying the Price of Palm Oil

Journal Article | November 2021

Back to Mars

Journal Article | August 2020

Getting to the Core of Climate Change

Journal Article | January 2021

Collaboration Crushes Competition!

Journal Article | June 2021

Spaceships

Lesson Plan | June 2021

This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies or television shows in which spaceships turn by banking or using wing…

The SDM Finger

Journal Article | October 2019

Exploring makerspaces, engineering, and more

Students Taught by a First-Time Instructor Using Active-Learning Teaching Strategies Outperform Students Taught by a Highly-Regarded Traditional Instructor

Journal Article | February 2021

In this paper we put forth a model for physics course reform that uniquely uses proven, research-based active-learning strategies to help students improve their physics knowledge and problem-solving skills. In this…

STEM Career Expos Expose Potential Paths

Reports Article | March 2020

Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World

Journal Article | November 2020

The Aurora Borealis

Journal Article | November 2020