Evolution in Action

Case Study | March 2016

Escape from Colditz Castle

Case Study | November 2017

The Riddle of the Red Queen

Case Study | December 2017

Where’s the Evidence?

Case Study | April 2020

The Shifty Salmon of Auke Creek

Case Study | February 2021

A Song from the Past

Case Study | September 2022

Iron Bar

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about atoms. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students can use the idea of atoms to explain why a metal expands when heated.…

Safer At-Home Food Science Investigations

Blog Post | October 2023

An Adapted Journal Club Approach

Journal Article | May 2022

Students must be able to evaluate primary literature, yet few options exist within the undergraduate curriculum to develop the necessary skills. In this article, we offer an adapted journal club that provides students…

A Hands-on Activity to Understand the Nature of Science and Authentic Scientific Inquiry in Large Laboratory Courses

Journal Article | May 2023

Integrating authentic research practices into introductory laboratory courses to prepare tomorrow’s scientists has become increasingly prevalent over the past decade. However, an incomplete understanding of the nature…

Making Science Personal

Journal Article | January 2021

General education college astronomy courses offer instructors both a unique audience and a unique challenge. For many students, such a course may be their first time encountering a stand-alone astronomy class, and it is…

Comparing Student Performance and Satisfaction Between Face-to-Face and Online Education of a Science Course in a Liberal Arts University

Journal Article | October 2021

This study presents a quasi-experiment to assess differences in student performance and satisfaction between two different delivery modes—online and face-to-face education. We collected data from 747 (373 face-to-face…

Long Overdue: Results From a National STEM Lab Safety Study

Blog Post | October 2022