Garden Variety

Journal Article | May 2023

Moments in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | January 2022

Frogs Need Homes and Other Ecological Lessons

Journal Article | August 2020

Teaching Societal Issues in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | July 2022

Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning

Journal Article | July 2020

Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is revealed in correlations between (1) opinions/…

Scientific Literacy in the Post-Truth Era

Journal Article | April 2020

Teacher Spotlight: Daniel Delcher

Journal Article | December 2020

Using Big Data to Understand the History of Planet Earth

Journal Article | June 2021

Squirrel Mapper

Journal Article | March 2019

Collaborative science projects you can join.

Inspiring Earth’s Future Stewards

Journal Article | June 2020

Is It “Fitter”?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about natural selection. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret the commonly used phrase “survival of the fittest.”

Gender-Inclusive Biology: A framework in action

Journal Article | August 2021

Adaptation

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.

The Perfect Match

Journal Article | February 2020

Just Say No!

Journal Article | March 2020