Integrating Critical Pedagogy of Place

Journal Article | March 2023

Planting 3D Instruction in Your Classroom

Journal Article | June 2020

Evaluation of Computing Workshops at the Science Museum

Journal Article | March 2021

Early Childhood Engineering and Natural Resources

Journal Article | August 2020

What Are Clouds Made Of?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an everyday object in the sky: clouds. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that clouds are made up of tiny droplets of…

Is It Living?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about living and nonliving. It is designed to find out what attributes students consider when determining if something is living or was once living.

New Community Creation Through a Shared Biology-Chemistry-Communication Laboratory Model for First-Year STEM Majors

Journal Article | May 2022

This article explores results from a 3-year model of laboratory instruction, Project Synapse, that synthesized biology, chemistry, and communication curricula for first-year science majors at a STEM-focused university.…

We Are Living It

Journal Article | January 2023

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

Journal Article | February 2021

Frogs Need Homes and Other Ecological Lessons

Journal Article | August 2020

Ecologist Todd Elliott

Journal Article | February 2020

Ecologists are biologists who study entire ecosystems and the interactions among their living and non-living components. Ecology can be applied in areas such as conservation biology, natural resource management, and…

Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

Journal Article | December 2020

Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…

How I Inadvertently Misled Some Students

Journal Article | July 2023

Clear key results and simple figures have clear advantages when teaching. However, these same properties can mislead some students. I provide examples from my presentation on the body mass index, Centers for Disease…

Teacher Spotlight: Steve Metz

Journal Article | January 2021

Burning Paper

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during combustion. The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as paper burns inside a closed…