Does It Have to Touch?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about types of forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that forces can act both in direct contact with an object and at a…

Where Do You Find Earth’s Plates?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s plates. The probe is designed to find out where students think tectonic plates are located.

Celebrating 80 Years of Success

Blog Post | July 2024

Exploring Earth Geoscience Processes With a Flight Over Mars

Journal Article | August 2020

Simulating a Wave to Understand Science and Technology

Journal Article | August 2020

Integrating the Five Practices and Model-Based Inquiry to Facilitate Meaningful Science Discourse

Journal Article | September 2020

The Aurora Borealis

Journal Article | November 2020

Self-Donning Sterile Gloves

Journal Article | December 2020

Science in the Literacy Block

Journal Article | December 2020

The Power of Practice

Journal Article | December 2020

Critical thinking skills are sought after in the workforce and are often included in course, departmental, and programmatic learning objectives.  However, in the curriculum of many courses we tend to focus on…

The Importance of Teaching and Learning About the Ocean: Ocean Literacy as a Critical Component of Science and Environmental Literacy

Position Statement | March 2025

Safety and School Science Instruction

Position Statement | June 2020

Rethinking the Discussion on ‘Learning Loss’

Blog Post | February 2021