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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…
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Once Upon a Physical Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
NSTA Press Book | August 2020
Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. The authors of this book have been in your shoes. These experienced science teachers know what it’s like to work with students who struggle to…
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Research in Science Education: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Book Chapter | January 2006
The continuing goal of science education research is the generation of pedagogical knowledge that can be used to improve meaningful understanding of science concepts by students. Using present initiatives in science…
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Once Upon a Life Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
NSTA Press Book | April 2010
Reading skills and life science come together in this engaging new book for middle school teachers. Once Upon a Life Science Book makes it easy for teachers to improve their students’ reading abilities and teach science…
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Once Upon an Earth Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
NSTA Press Book | May 2016
If you work with students who struggle to understand their Earth science texts, this book provides everything you need to boost their skills in both science and reading. Once Upon an Earth Science Book starts with…
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Interdisciplinary Work: Don't Be Afraid of the Good Teachers
Book Chapter | September 2013
This chapter focuses on how to collaborate with other teachers in your classroom. It provides a guide for identifying teachers to work with, as well as good strategies for building interdisciplinary units with your…
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Building a New Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Partnership Through Virtual Connections
Journal Article | March 2022
This article presents a synopsis of an interdisciplinary literacy-science, cross-country, fully remote service-learning (S-L) project prompted by and executed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article…
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Journal Article | October 2021
This article presents results from a Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) grant from the National Science Foundation that supported students from three majors and funded the development of cocurricular activities designed to…
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Journal Article | July 2022
To support undergraduate instruction and learning outcomes (i.e., systems thinking and decision-making in interdisciplinary contexts) grounded in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus (FEW Nexus), we implemented a multiyear…
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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,…
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A Team-Taught Interdisciplinary First-Year Seminar With a Focus on Blood
Journal Article | February 2020
First-Year Seminars (FYS) offer a unique mode of introducing college students to new topics, research practices, and approaches to learning that they may not have been exposed to in high school. In this article, we…
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Journal Article | March 2023
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) represent an economical and practical way for institutions to equitably offer research experiences to large numbers of students. Although the benefits of CUREs are…
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Why Science Teachers Must Employ Interdisciplinary Science Methods to Save the World
Journal Article | December 2020
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Interdisciplinary Ideas: Data Literacy 101
Journal Article | January 2019
This column shares ways to bring other subjects into the science classroom.
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Interdisciplinary Ideas: Strategies to improve nonfiction reading
Journal Article | August 2019
Bringing other subjects into the classroom
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