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…

Unpacking the STEM Disciplines

Journal Article | January 2019

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…

Investigating Urban Trees

Journal Article | February 2020

Comics in the Classroom

Journal Article | March 2020

Warming waters

Journal Article | September 2019

Astronomy throughout the year

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.

Creating Confidence and Community Through Nature Journals

Journal Article | March 2022

NGSS for Our Youngest Learners: Explorations in Coding

Journal Article | March 2023

The Tragedy of the Commons

Journal Article | March 2023

Why Culturally Relevant Science Teaching is Vital in Our Classrooms

Journal Article | October 2021

The War Over Water Continues

Journal Article | September 2019

Debates over water allocation help students understand Earth systems.

Occultations and Eclipses

Journal Article | February 2019

Astronomy throughout the year

Making Group Work Natural

Journal Article | September 2022

What is in Our Air?

Journal Article | March 2023