Project-Based Learning: Principles to Sustain Student Learning and Teacher Change in Practice - Part 1

Professional Learning Unit | July 2023

Have you wanted to implement a Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit in your classroom? Would you like to introduce PBL curriculum in your school? Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning (ML-PBL), an open educational…

Criteria and Constraints

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about criteria and constraints. The probe is designed to identify how students determine the criteria and constraints of a problem and whether one is…

Engineering and Nature

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how engineers use designs from nature. The probe is designed to see if students recognize that designs from nature provide creative ideas for…

Monitoring Microplastics in Surface Water—A Pacing Guide for Grades 5–12

Journal Article | July 2023

Exploring Barriers to the Use of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices

Journal Article | October 2021

Recent reform documents in postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields recommend the use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) in the classroom. National surveys in the…

Brainstorming

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about brainstorming. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students understand the norms of good teamwork during the brainstorming…

Reasons for Success

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the use of evidence and reasoning to support a claim. The probe is designed to see if students apply systematic methods of reasoning from evidence…

A Synthesis of Geospatial Tools for the Middle Grades

Journal Article | September 2022

Rightfully Present

Journal Article | March 2023

Modeling Energy

Journal Article | January 2023

Would You Believe?

Journal Article | April 2023

Incorporating Programming, Modeling, and Data Analysis Into an Introductory Biology Course

Journal Article | January 2021

This paper describes an introductory biology course for undergraduates that heavily incorporates quantitative problem solving in activities and homework assignments. The course is broken up into a series of units, each…

Beyond Show-and-Tell

Journal Article | October 2021

Earth & Space Science for Young Learners

Journal Article | December 2020

Are We Recognizing the Sheer Power of Mother Nature?

Journal Article | May 2020