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…

A Healthy Retirement?

Case Study | March 2003

Mom Always Liked You Best

Case Study | February 2001

Outcomes for Peer-Based Mentors in a University-Wide STEM Persistence Program: A Three-Year Analysis

Journal Article | April 2020

While the majority of STEM persistence has focused on outcomes for first-year students, there has been little investigation into the outcomes for peer mentors. Of the studies conducted, results are promising. Benefits…

Sharing the Wonder of Natural History

Journal Article | March 2019

Help students overcome nature-deficit disorder with these outdoor activities.

Whole-Class Discussion Strategies That Engage Students and Enhance Understanding

Journal Article | September 2020

Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…

Thriving STEM Learning Ecosystems—for All?

Journal Article | December 2021

Why is something that’s happening out in the ocean such a danger to us on the land?

Lesson Plan | January 2021

Squirrel Mapper

Journal Article | March 2019

Collaborative science projects you can join.

Project Hail Mary

Journal Article | May 2022