Career of the Month: Astronomer

Journal Article | September 2022

Astronomers study objects that are outside of the Earth’s realm, such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies. Chris Carilli is an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which operates the…

Right Under Our Noses

Journal Article | January 2023

Let’s Clear the Air

Journal Article | January 2021

Watersheds, Communities, and Collaboration

Journal Article | March 2022

Engaging Students at All Academic Levels in an Inquiry-Based Paleoecologic Learning Activity—Even When You Don’t Have the Rocks

Journal Article | October 2021

Inquiry-based learning is an educational strategy that emphasizes the student’s role in the learning process by having them propose and test hypotheses through experimentation and/or the collection of observational data…

Investigating Urban Trees

Journal Article | February 2020

Soil Scientist James Hartig

Journal Article | August 2021

Applying the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Framework During a Community College Chemistry Project-Based Learning Activity

Journal Article | October 2020

Project-based learning (PBL) instructional methods attempt to make connections between students and their ability to solve real problems. We framed our qualitative study within sociocultural theory and used the…

Visualize Your Pulse With Physical Computing

Journal Article | November 2022

Using Connected Learning Principles to Foster Authentic STEM Research Experiences Remotely

Journal Article | April 2023

Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning

Journal Article | July 2020

Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is revealed in correlations between (1) opinions/…

Why Are There Coral in the Cliffs?

Journal Article | January 2021

Changes in Elementary Teachers’ Conceptions About Matter

Journal Article | October 2020

While research has investigated elementary teachers’ understanding of science content, such research is often limited to topics typically not addressed in elementary school curricula. Yet, research has illustrated that…

Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence

Journal Article | July 2023

Conservation Meets Design Thinking

Journal Article | January 2022