Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

Finding the Next Diamond Mine

Journal Article | May 2020

A Layered Approach to Scientific Models

Journal Article | August 2020

Crossing the Amazon by LEGO

Journal Article | January 2019

An interdisciplinary STEM adventure

Making Critical Thinking Visible for Student Analysis and Reflection

Journal Article | March 2019

Practice critical-thinking skills with this phenomena-centered dinosaur bone activity.

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, May 4, 2021

Reports Article | April 2021

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, September 7, 2021

Reports Article | September 2021

A Water Wheel Challenge!

Journal Article | January 2019

Eight Student Teams Named National Winners of 28th Annual ExploraVision Competition

Press Release | May 2020

Comics in the Classroom

Journal Article | March 2020

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, November 2, 2021

Reports Article | October 2021

Teaching STEM During a Pandemic

Reports Article | November 2020

Equity Strategies: Community Hosts and Design Thinking in a Middle School Summer Camp

Journal Article | September 2020

Transdisciplinary Learning: Working Across Disciplines to Address Complex Real-World Problems

Professional Learning Unit | February 2025

Participants will explore the transdisciplinary approach to STEM education and consider how this shift fosters workforce readiness skills.