Sharing the Wonder of Natural History

Journal Article | March 2019

Help students overcome nature-deficit disorder with these outdoor activities.

Visual Literacy—the 3Rs or STEAM?

Journal Article | June 2021

Advancing Alloys

Journal Article | April 2020

The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier…

Beyond General-Purpose Talk Moves

Journal Article | September 2020

Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

Journal Article | December 2020

Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…

Apple in the Dark

Journal Article | December 2018

Wiggles Isn’t Wiggling: Apoptosis Edition

Case Study | October 2017

Wiggles Isn’t Wiggling: Gene Expression Edition

Case Study | October 2017

The Horseshoe Crab

Case Study | August 2019

Why Am I Always So Tired?

Case Study | March 2020

How Can We Use Data to Predict the Length of a Shadow?

Lesson Plan | April 2021

The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

Journal Article | July 2019

How Can Properties Help Solve Problems?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

What Is Sensemaking?

Professional Learning Unit | October 2021

Learn to recognize the four critical attributes of sensemaking and how these attributes work together to help ensure all students have access and a strong desire to learn science. 

Technology Meets Pedagogy: Comparing Classroom Response Systems

Journal Article | February 2019

The author of this article explores the impact of different student response systems in successive years in a general education human biology course.