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. 

Keeping Students 'Science-Conscious' in Summer

Reports Article | June 2020

Moving Continents

Journal Article | December 2020

Safety and School Science Instruction

Position Statement | June 2020

Supporting Student Development of Science and STEM Identity

Professional Learning Unit | February 2025

What is a STEM identity, and why is it important for all students? Gain insight and strategies to help your students develop a STEM identity.

CCE For Me: Students Demand High-Quality Climate Change Course Offerings

Journal Article | September 2022

Tennessee Elementary Science Teacher Honored With 2025 Shell Science Teaching Award

Press Release | May 2025

Picture This!

Journal Article | November 2021

The SDM Finger

Journal Article | October 2019

Exploring makerspaces, engineering, and more

Unpacking the STEM Disciplines

Journal Article | January 2019

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…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 25, 2022

Reports Article | January 2022

Laboratory Air Quality Is Nothing to Sneeze At

Blog Post | March 2023

Dinosaur Detectives

Journal Article | December 2020

Who Gets Helped? The Opportunity Structure of the College Physics Classroom, Peer Instruction, and Perceptions of Help Seeking

Journal Article | October 2019

In this article, the authors explore the opportunity structure in a physics course to identify differences in perception of classroom community among students.