Clear Communication

Case Study | October 2012

Never Too Young to be a Citizen Scientist!

Journal Article | September 2019

Kindergarteners learn about plants and seasons through a yearlong project.

Using Literature in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | December 2020

What a Year

Journal Article | December 2020

Inspiring Earth’s Future Stewards

Journal Article | June 2020

Tinkering vs. Engineering

Journal Article | July 2020

Exploring Student Perception Toward Online Homework and Comparison With Paper Homework in an Introductory Probability Course

Journal Article | December 2020

Online software systems are extensively used to give students practice on course content, especially in mathematics and physics courses. They offer instant feedback, and several of these systems are open source or very…

Online Engagement in an Undergraduate Cell Biology Course

Journal Article | March 2022

Online engagement, or the use of online supplementary instruction and assessment, in high-structure courses is gaining popularity as a useful tool to facilitate instruction, assignments, and examinations. High-structure…

Beyond “See Figure 1”

Journal Article | January 2023

Visual elements such as graphs, tables, and diagrams are essential components of scientific writing. Although scientific writing textbooks and guides often contain information on how to design such visuals, little has…

Teaching Nature of Science Concepts in the Context of Past (Fram) and Present (MOSAiC) Arctic Expeditions

Journal Article | February 2021

Using Big Data to Understand the History of Planet Earth

Journal Article | June 2021

Sustainability, Energy, and the Green Economy

Journal Article | January 2021

Interdisciplinary education offers a collaborative approach to multifaceted topics, such as environmental sustainability. In this article, we present the conceptual framework and lessons learned from a team-taught…

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…

What Makes Them Tick? Middle School Data Science Explorations of Ticks and Lyme Disease

Journal Article | September 2020

Backward Redesign of a Nonmajors’ Biology Course at a Two-Year Technical College

Journal Article | July 2020

Gwinnett Technical College (GTC), established in 1984, is the second-largest technical college in Georgia. As a two-year open-access college, GTC and other technical and community colleges are significant in educating…