Windows on the Inquiry Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

A complete video and documentary record of an inquiry-based nonscience majors’ course has been captured (the “Fire and Ice” Collection). Every moment of 27 class sessions may be observed from several points of view (…

Oh Deer! Using Socioscientific Issues to Teach Inquiry-Based Lessons With English Language Learners

Journal Article | November 2022

Wildfire!

Journal Article | November 2022

Revolt of the Fungus People

Case Study | March 2018

More than a Game

Journal Article | February 2019

Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable…

Moving to Higher Ground

Case Study | June 2015

Response to Plant Invasion

Case Study | April 2013

Modeling the Melting of Permafrost

Journal Article | March 2022

Why Should We All Embrace Statistical Thinking?

Journal Article | January 2023

Using a Game to Teach Invasive Species Spread and Management

Journal Article | January 2023

Invasive species are a major ecological and economic problem at the global scale, and education plays a major role in raising awareness and combating these species’ future spread. There are complex management and…

Cancer and Formaldehyde

Journal Article | April 2023

What’s the Buzz?

Journal Article | April 2021

Habitat Change

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in…

Let’s Be Litter Free

Journal Article | September 2019

Investigating anthropogenic litter in local ecosystems

How to Design a Performance Task

Journal Article | February 2019

Follow a sequence of steps to develop an authentic performance task.