Chicken-Centered Design

Journal Article | January 2022

STEM Faculty Institute

Journal Article | January 2022

As change agents at our university, we sought to facilitate a transition within our STEM college toward more extensive use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) that promote student-centered learning. We…

Is It Made of Parts?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s developing ideas about structure in living systems. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that living things are made up of parts.

Right Under Our Noses

Journal Article | January 2023

Revolutionizing Robotics

Journal Article | May 2023

Sharing the Wonder of Natural History

Journal Article | March 2019

Help students overcome nature-deficit disorder with these outdoor activities.

Making Everyday Phenomena Phenomenal

Journal Article | April 2020

What’s the Buzz?

Journal Article | April 2021

Visual Literacy—the 3Rs or STEAM?

Journal Article | June 2021

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…

First-Year STEM Research Program Facilitates Long-Term Academic Success

Journal Article | February 2021

Retention and student success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) remains a priority for institutions, and low rates of retention in STEM for underrepresented populations continues to be a…

Student Agency Through Engineering

Journal Article | January 2022

Model, Assess, Repeat!

Journal Article | March 2020

Using Pop Culture to Teach Genetics

Journal Article | September 2020

Some of You Are Smiling Now

Journal Article | April 2022