Leveraging Assets to Build on Student Experiences, A Focus on Curiosity

Professional Learning Unit | October 2021

During this Professional Learning Unit, we discuss instructional strategies that take an asset approach to student learning. The discussion will focus on how the knowledge students bring to learning—including student…

Discovering Diversity

Journal Article | March 2020

Open Innovation Challenge to Mitigate Global Warming

Journal Article | September 2023

Teaching Nature of Science Concepts in the Context of Past (Fram) and Present (MOSAiC) Arctic Expeditions

Journal Article | February 2021

Using Big Data to Understand the History of Planet Earth

Journal Article | June 2021

Is It Melting?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the physical process of melting. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize melting as a change in state from solid to liquid that…

Modifying Scientific Research Into Introductory Science Course Lessons Using a 5E Lesson Format

Journal Article | December 2020

Science faculty are being asked to create active learning experiences that engage students in core concepts and science practices. This article describes an approach to developing active learning lessons from authentic…

Engineering the Coast

Journal Article | March 2022

Supporting Success in Science

Journal Article | April 2022

Layers of Phenomena

Journal Article | July 2022

How Plants Gain Weight

Journal Article | September 2022

Chemical Cargo Carrier

Journal Article | March 2023

What’s Up With Gravity?

Journal Article | May 2023

Quest for Survival

Journal Article | July 2023

Is It Matter?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about matter. The probe is designed to reveal the characteristics students use to describe and define matter.