Rainbow to Grow

Journal Article | July 2022

Unpacking the Universe

Journal Article | March 2023

Sandy and Dusty Worlds

Journal Article | January 2023

Designing Wildlife Crossings

Journal Article | July 2023

Letter to the Editor

Journal Article | October 2021

The Write Weight

Case Study | June 2016

Science Identity Matters

Journal Article | March 2022

The Tachyon Nexus

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes a website called The Tachyon Nexus (no relation to Tachyon Nexus Inc.), which includes reliable information about the controversial subjects of time travel and faster-than-light particles known…

Social Justice in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | April 2020

Digestive System

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the digestive system. The probe is designed to find out whether students realize a main function of the digestive system is to break food down into…

A Water Wheel Challenge!

Journal Article | January 2019

Rotting Apple

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

Do Plants Breathe?

Journal Article | February 2019

The idea that plants do photosynthesis but do not do cellular respiration is a common misconception among middle and high school students that often stems from an over-simplification of these processes in diagrams and…

Data literacy 101

Journal Article | March 2020