Developing the Next Generation of Elementary Science Teachers

Journal Article | December 2020

National science education documents emphasize new learning outcomes of elementary students; therefore, the preparation of elementary teachers should be revised to meet these challenges. This article describes how…

How Does Climate Change Affect Oyster Populations?

Journal Article | February 2020

The Benefits of Integrating Engineering Into Science

Journal Article | April 2023

Q: What Color Is the Sun?

Journal Article | April 2021

Pedagogical Commitments for Climate Justice Education

Journal Article | October 2021

Taking the Pulse of Our Planet With Nature’s Notebook

Journal Article | October 2021

The Greenhouse Effect

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the greenhouse effect. The probe is designed to reveal whether students confuse the greenhouse effect with other environmental concerns or lump the…

The Moon

Case Study | April 2019

Unpacking the STEM Disciplines

Journal Article | January 2019

Dirty Water? Clean It Up!

Journal Article | January 2022

What Do You Know About Volcanoes and Earthquakes?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plate tectonic features and events. The probe is designed to uncover commonly held misconceptions about volcanoes and earthquakes.

Warming waters

Journal Article | September 2019

Astronomy throughout the year

Comics in the Classroom

Journal Article | March 2020

Investigating Urban Trees

Journal Article | February 2020

Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…