Using Publicly Available Long-Term Climate Records in Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Big Data Curriculum

Journal Article | October 2021

Understanding data analysis and interpreting data are key components of teaching interdisciplinary undergraduate students. We detail a semester-long research project that introduces students to long-term data sets,…

Interdisciplinary Lessons on Energy and Entropy

Journal Article | May 2022

This article presents ideas and narratives of an experiment on the concept of energy developed for an honors seminar on energy and a mechanics course. We argue that energy is an idea best taught in an interdisciplinary…

Building Picnic Tables ... and Community

Journal Article | February 2021

Advance technology literacy and bring learners’ 21st-century skills up to code with the Hour of Code!

Journal Article | October 2019

Collaborative science projects you can join

Designing to Disrupt Traditional Conceptions of Scientific Competence

Journal Article | August 2020

Pervasive narratives about who and what counts as competent in science disproportionately impact students historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and are perpetuated in the…

An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I

Journal Article | December 2020

This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university. The treatment group received an exam wrapper intervention, a series of four…

Genetics for All

Journal Article | February 2020

Fact or Fiction

Journal Article | December 2020

Capturing Student and Instructor Experiences, Perceptions, and Reflections on Remote Learning and Teaching in Introductory Chemistry Courses During COVID-19

Journal Article | July 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors to suddenly pivot from in-person to remote teaching and students to rapidly adapt their learning strategies. During this emergency instruction period, 21 semistructured, one-on-…

What biases are in my internet searches?

Journal Article | September 2019

Bringing other subjects into the classroom

Altered Reality

Journal Article | August 2020

Enhancing Environmental Identity: The Ocean Guardian Project

Journal Article | November 2020

Promoting Biodiversity Through Urban Greenspaces

Journal Article | August 2021

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…

Listening to Waves: Engaging Underrepresented Students Through the Science of Sound and Music

Journal Article | August 2021