Digging for Data

Journal Article | April 2021

Why Does Water Swirl When it Goes Down a Drain?

Journal Article | January 2019

Mountaintop Fossil

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…

Teacher Spotlight: Meghan Mulligan

Journal Article | August 2020

Integrating Engineering Design in Undergraduate Biology Using a Life Science Design Task

Journal Article | December 2020

This study examines the initial integration of engineering design in an introductory preservice elementary biology content course using a life science design task focused on composting. The task, informed by a three-…

The Downstream Collaborative Project

Journal Article | May 2020

A Design Heuristic for Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Journal Article | August 2022

Students reasoning with data in an authentic science environment had the opportunity to learn about the process of science and the world around them while developing skills to analyze and interpret self-collected and…

Monitoring Microplastics in Surface Water—A Pacing Guide for Grades 5–12

Journal Article | July 2023

Accomodating Visually Impaired Students in Secondary Science

Journal Article | November 2022

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, November 16, 2021

Reports Article | November 2021

Refashioning Informal Education to Support 3-D Learning

Blog Post | October 2019

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 12, 2021

Reports Article | January 2021

The historically important equations of Newton, Ohm, and Planck

Journal Article | August 2019

Building an understanding of physical principles