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

Journal Article | October 2019

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.

Scope on Safety: STEM: A question of safety.

Journal Article | August 2012

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the growth of STEM lessons and the need to address hazard recognition and safety training relative to the use of hand and power…

Making Connections with Digital Data: Digital camera technology helps students draw connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences

Journal Article | December 2003

Digital cameras can provide added value to classroom data collection allowing the students to make visual connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences. Digital data appears more concrete and "real" to…

Sustainable Forest Management

Journal Article | September 2019

Students measure growth trends in the school woods.

Bioluminescence and 16th-century Caravaggism

Case Study | September 2017

Is It a Theory?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the nature of science. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish scientific theories from the common use of the word theory and if…