Show Your Students How to Be More Persuasive When They Write

Journal Article | July 2020

After a grueling grading campaign, a chemist asked a writing and rhetoric specialist for help improving formal reports in the introductory organic chemistry lab. Together, we realized that the very best student reports…

The Fun in Fermentation

Case Study | June 2016

Yeast Cryptography

Case Study | September 2018

Which Little Piggy Went to Market?

Case Study | October 2005

Bad Fish, Bad Bird

Case Study | March 2010

Poison Ivy

Case Study | April 2011

Clear Communication

Case Study | October 2012

What Is Sensemaking?

Professional Learning Unit | October 2021

Learn to recognize the four critical attributes of sensemaking and how these attributes work together to help ensure all students have access and a strong desire to learn science. 

Using Storylines to Support Three-Dimensional Learning in Project-Based Science

Journal Article | January 2019

Astronauts Zoom: An Astronaut Alphabet

Journal Article | October 2023

Astronauts Zoom: An Astronaut Alphabet  By Deborah Lee Rose September 2020 Persnickety Press 36 pages $16.95

Taking the Pulse of Our Planet With Nature’s Notebook

Journal Article | October 2021

COVID-19 Connections

Journal Article | August 2020

The Feeding Minds and Families Afterschool STEM Program

Journal Article | December 2020

Using Narratives to Evoke Empathy and Support Girls’ Engagement in Engineering

Journal Article | July 2020

Effect of Exam Wrappers on Student Achievement in Multiple, Large STEM Courses

Journal Article | August 2020

Metacognition, the ability to think about and regulate one’s thinking, is an important factor in effective student learning. One intervention to promote student metacognition is the exam wrapper—a reflection students…