Mountaintop Fossil

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…

Making Sound

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound is produced by vibrating matter.

A Reflection on the Changing Reality of Science

Journal Article | April 2020

Layers of Phenomena

Journal Article | July 2022

An Engineering Funds of Knowledge Framework

Journal Article | July 2021

Connecting Projects to Standards

Journal Article | August 2020

Critical Consciousness in Engineering for Sustainable Communities

Journal Article | February 2022

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.

Touch, Talk, Text

Journal Article | October 2021

Investigating Earth’s Interactions

Journal Article | May 2020

COVID-19 Connections

Journal Article | August 2020

“It's Okay That You Add Your Touch”: Fostering Imagining and Creating Through STEAM Education

Journal Article | September 2022

Teaching and Learning About Global Climate Change Online

Journal Article | August 2022

Sessions of our laboratory-based physics course have been “meeting” synchronously online instead of on campus due to the pandemic. Shifting to remote instruction prompted us to create online versions of the course. In…

Building Science Language

Journal Article | December 2020

Biosand Filters for Water Purification

Journal Article | February 2021