Adaptation of Project-Based Learning Concepts to the Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Curriculum in a Small College Environment

Journal Article | March 2023

Project-based learning (PBL) research is shown to improve students’ higher-order thinking skills. In this article, we describe an adaptation of the PBL model that is suitable for colleges with limited science,…

Implementing Peer-Led Team Learning and Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning in an Organic Chemistry Course

Journal Article | January 2021

Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) is a small-group, collaborative problem-solving model that has significantly increased student performance in a variety of chemistry undergraduate courses and other STEM courses. Cyber Peer…

A Sea of Possibilities: Inspiring Scientific Thinking in Teachers and Students Through the Charismatic Research Organisms at Mote Marine Laboratory

Book Chapter | December 2007

Informal education venues, by their very definition, are predisposed to the successful implementation of the More Emphasis conditions of the National Science Educations Standards (NSES), and Mote Marine Laboratory is no…

Early Years: A Lesson on Living Organisms

Journal Article | June 2019

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue presents a lesson on living organisms.

Design Elements From a Rural, Multi-Organization Collaborative

Journal Article | December 2019

On a Saturday afternoon last May in Hamilton, Montana, 150 people gathered in a college gymnasium for the Bitterroot Maker Fair. At tables around the room, student educators from the University of Montana (UM) spectrUM…

An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I: Impact on Course Performance and Study Behavior

Journal Article | October 2019

This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university.

Favorite Demonstration: The Brine Shrimp as a Model Organism for Biology—Arthropods Useful in Demonstrating Properties of Organisms

Journal Article | February 1997

Biology lectures expounding the properties of organisms can easily be enhanced with a living demonstration model organism—the large brine shrimp is one that students find interesting. This article features…

Science Sampler: Using graphic organizers

Journal Article | August 2003

The use of graphic organizers is an effective tool for improving students' ability to extract important information from expository text.

Editor's Note: From Molecules to Organisms

Journal Article | June 2016

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.