Freezing Ice

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about freezing point. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the temperature at which water freezes is independent of the volume.

Measuring Computational Thinking Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Elementary Teachers

Journal Article | July 2020

With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), assessing K–12 science teachers’ self-efficacy in Computational Thinking (CT) is an important research gap to study. Bandura defines self-efficacy as…

Is It an Animal?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about animals. The probe is designed to find out what characteristics students use to determine whether an organism is classified as an animal.

Is It Made of Cells?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about cells. The probe is designed to find out how students think about matter composed of cells.

Functions of Living Things

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about life processes. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that plants and animals share several life functions, even though they are…

Mountain Age

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about processes that affect the shape of mountains. The probe is designed to reveal whether students understand the role of weathering in shaping…

Connecting Projects to Standards

Journal Article | August 2020

Accomodating Visually Impaired Students in Secondary Science

Journal Article | November 2022

Computational Thinking and Why It Matters

Journal Article | February 2023

Book Review: Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning into the K–2 Classroom

Journal Article | January 2021

The Mitten Problem

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think “warm clothes,” like a mitten, produce their own energy, manifested as heat.

Modeling Energy

Journal Article | January 2023

Science in the News

Journal Article | July 2023

“Science That Matters”

Journal Article | January 2021

Airbags as Real-Life Applications for Science

Journal Article | February 2021