Is It Affordable?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about trade-offs. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that trade-offs involve sacrificing one or more things in favor of another…

Designing Wildlife Crossings

Journal Article | July 2023

Weathering the Virtual Storm

Journal Article | April 2021

Critical Consciousness in Engineering for Sustainable Communities

Journal Article | February 2022

A Perfect Storm

Journal Article | March 2022

This point of view article uses a social science lens in an attempt to understand the differing environments of the two institutions (private and public) where I taught chemistry for 3 decades. I hypothesize that…

Incorporating Programming, Modeling, and Data Analysis Into an Introductory Biology Course

Journal Article | January 2021

This paper describes an introductory biology course for undergraduates that heavily incorporates quantitative problem solving in activities and homework assignments. The course is broken up into a series of units, each…

Soldiers of Science

Journal Article | June 2021

Right Under Our Noses

Journal Article | January 2023

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, April 22, 2025

Reports Article | April 2025

Teaching in the Coronavirus Era

Reports Article | May 2020

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, April 8, 2025

Reports Article | April 2025

Support for At-Home Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

Up To the Moon!

Journal Article | December 2020

Adding Necessary Rigor to Engineering Pedagogical Change

Journal Article | June 2021

In this study, we explore the teaching of an acclaimed engineering education professor and his struggles to transform his classroom in light of the National Academy of Engineering standards. We argue that pedagogical…

Joyful Science

Journal Article | September 2022