Investigating the Resurrection Plant

Journal Article | March 2019

Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions.

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, December 13, 2022

Reports Article | December 2022

Teacher Spotlight: Meghan Mulligan

Journal Article | August 2020

Atoms and matter

Journal Article | March 2020

Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…

Pennies

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the properties of atoms. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between the microscopic properties of an atom and the…

Is It Rocket Science?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the importance of both engineering and science for creating technology. The probe is designed to determine if students recognize that working in…

Testing for Success

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ initial ideas and attitudes about the procedure that should be followed when testing models to determine if a design solves the problem. The probe is designed…

Cookie Crumbles

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think weight is conserved when a whole object is broken up into small…

Human Body Basics

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about levels of organization in the human body. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize cells as the basic unit of both structure…

Community Lead-Ers

Journal Article | September 2020

Mountaintop Fossil

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…

There and Back: How a Global Pandemic Shaped Youth Programming

Journal Article | November 2022

Growing Understanding From a SPARK

Journal Article | April 2022

Mountaintop Fossil

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…