Nails in a Jar

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during a chemical change (oxidation). The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as rust forms…

Clickers Are Not Enough: Results of a Decade-Long Study Investigating Instructional Strategies in Chemistry

Journal Article | February 2020

Studies on the effectiveness of clickers in undergraduate chemistry courses are mixed, and there is disagreement on how to effectively leverage clickers to improve student learning performance. To fill a gap in the…

Making Group Work Natural

Journal Article | September 2022

Water in Our World

Journal Article | March 2022

Water is the most perfect traveller because when it travels it becomes the path itself! — Mehmet Murat ildan

Joyful Science

Journal Article | September 2022

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Journal Article | November 2022

An Introvert’s Perspective: Analyzing the Impact of Active Learning on Multiple Levels of Class Social Personalities in an Upper Level Biology Course

Journal Article | February 2020

With calls to reassess higher education teaching methods, active learning practices have quickly become a popular alternative to traditional lectures, especially in STEM courses that traditionally rely heavily on large…

Using Formative Assessment Probes With Real or Virtual Field Trips

Journal Article | September 2020

Sailing into Engineering

Journal Article | August 2020

How Can Properties Help Solve Problems?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

COVID-19 Connections

Journal Article | August 2020

Turn Up the Music!

Journal Article | July 2021

Finding Inspiration as the Year Winds Down

Journal Article | May 2022

Poetry Activities and Investigations

Journal Article | May 2022

Energy

Journal Article | January 2023

“Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.” — Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything