Renewable or Nonrenewable?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s natural resources. The probe is designed to find out if students can distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.

Science in Your Stacks

Journal Article | December 2020

Needs of Seeds

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate.

A Human-Centered Design Tool Kit for STEM-Based Capstone Courses

Journal Article | July 2022

In fall 2019, a food science instructor partnered with the design center at a large Midwestern university to create a student activity tool kit for integrating the Human-Centered Design (HCD) approach into a science,…

Particulate Matters

Journal Article | July 2022

A Course-Based Research and Teaching Experience for Science Majors and Preservice Educators

Journal Article | August 2022

We designed a course to provide undergraduate science students and preservice teachers with authentic research and teaching experiences. Teams of students and preservice teachers complete supervised field ecology…

Connecting the LGBTQ+ Community With Science Centers and Youth Programs

Journal Article | December 2022

Why Are There Coral in the Cliffs?

Journal Article | January 2021

Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders

Journal Article | March 2021

Visual Literacy—the 3Rs or STEAM?

Journal Article | June 2021

Science and Cooking

Journal Article | August 2021

Mesozoic Measurement

Journal Article | August 2021

A Science Teacher-Friendly Primer on Implicit Bias

Journal Article | November 2022

Visualize Your Pulse With Physical Computing

Journal Article | November 2022

Frogs Need Homes and Other Ecological Lessons

Journal Article | August 2020