Cycles in Motion: Visualizing Change With Spatial Thinking

Blog Post | November 2025

Student-driven Stewardship Projects

Journal Article | September 2020

A Novel Rubric Format for Providing Feedback on Process Skills to STEM Undergraduate Students

Journal Article | June 2021

To improve student process-skill development, a novel type of rubric was developed that goes beyond a typical analytic rubric by providing detailed feedback to students. Process skills are transferable skills such as…

Family-Based Astronomy

Journal Article | December 2020

Growing STEM Learning Opportunities With Agriculture

Journal Article | October 2020

Exponential Growth and Doubling Time

Journal Article | June 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.

Is It a System?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about systems. The probe is designed to find out whether students can recognize that things with parts that interact or influence each other are systems.

Global Climate Change: What Does it Look Like?

Case Study | January 2012

Ecosystem Cycles

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the transfer of matter and energy in ecosystems. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that only matter is cycled through an…

Developing and Using Computer Models to Understand Epidemics

Journal Article | January 2022

Chimborazo Then and Now

Journal Article | December 2020

Early Childhood Engineering and Natural Resources

Journal Article | August 2020

CCE For Me: Students Demand High-Quality Climate Change Course Offerings

Journal Article | September 2022