Promoting STEM Persistence Through an Innovative Field Trip–Based First-Year Experience Course

Journal Article | December 2020

At our small liberal arts college, we recently introduced a field trip–based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors. This course, entitled “The Urban Ecosystem,” explores various aspects of science…

Integrating Engineering Design in Undergraduate Biology Using a Life Science Design Task

Journal Article | December 2020

This study examines the initial integration of engineering design in an introductory preservice elementary biology content course using a life science design task focused on composting. The task, informed by a three-…

Look, It’s Changing!

Journal Article | August 2020

A Design Heuristic for Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Journal Article | August 2022

Students reasoning with data in an authentic science environment had the opportunity to learn about the process of science and the world around them while developing skills to analyze and interpret self-collected and…

Engaging Students at All Academic Levels in an Inquiry-Based Paleoecologic Learning Activity—Even When You Don’t Have the Rocks

Journal Article | October 2021

Inquiry-based learning is an educational strategy that emphasizes the student’s role in the learning process by having them propose and test hypotheses through experimentation and/or the collection of observational data…

They Really Used to Think That?

Journal Article | August 2020

The Lives of Staph

Journal Article | November 2020

A Green Light for CFLs?

Case Study | March 2013

Rosie Revere’s Orangutan Dilemma

Journal Article | December 2020

Technology Executive Annie Chang

Journal Article | March 2020

Preschoolers “On the Move” with Energy

Journal Article | January 2023

Virtual Sungazing

Journal Article | December 2020

Rightfully Present

Journal Article | March 2023

Airbags as Real-Life Applications for Science

Journal Article | February 2021