Innovations in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning of Earth and Environmental Science, with a Focus on Climate Change

Journal Article | March 2022

In this study, we analyzed the literature on teaching or learning on a topic in Earth science, environmental science, or climate change between 1995 and 2017. We investigated the length of the intervention, intervention…

The Magic School Bus and Beyond

Journal Article | August 2022

How can growing seaweed help mussels?

Lesson Plan | January 2021

What If?

Journal Article | September 2022

Making Stone Soup

Journal Article | March 2023

Self-Donning Sterile Gloves

Journal Article | December 2020

Airbags as Real-Life Applications for Science

Journal Article | February 2021

Learning About Culture and Sustainable Harvesting of Native Plants

Journal Article | March 2021

Incorporating Student-Centered Learning in an Ecosystems Course

Journal Article | October 2021

Student-centered learning broadly encompasses teaching approaches that shift the focus of instruction from teacher to student by placing an emphasis on what as well as how students want to learn. This approach allows…

Peer Review and Response

Journal Article | October 2020

Students in an upper-division Environmental Chemistry course used peer review and response to reviewer comments to improve their writing skills. The process employed an anonymous and timed in-class Peer Review Format.…

Rotting Apple

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

Sweet Beets: Making Sugar Out of Thin Air

Case Study | September 2015

A Green Light for CFLs?

Case Study | March 2013

Reading Adventures

Journal Article | February 2020

Sustainable Forest Management

Journal Article | September 2019

Students measure growth trends in the school woods.