Spaceships

Lesson Plan | June 2021

This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies or television shows in which spaceships turn by banking or using wing…

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Making as a Performance Task

Journal Article | February 2019

Spicing Up Your Classroom With Games

Journal Article | February 2019

Games allow teachers to interact with their students in a different way than they normally do. They also have the potential to challenge and assess students’ understanding of content. Games allow me to “play” with my…

A Bump on the Head

Journal Article | September 2020

Spring Migrations

Journal Article | April 2020

Empathy in Action

Journal Article | July 2020

Using Climate Models to Learn About Global Climate Change

Journal Article | September 2020

Case Studies in Environmental Justice

Journal Article | September 2020

Making Critical Thinking Visible for Student Analysis and Reflection

Journal Article | March 2019

Practice critical-thinking skills with this phenomena-centered dinosaur bone activity.

Army Ants and Their Guests

Journal Article | May 2020

The War Over Water Continues

Journal Article | September 2019

Debates over water allocation help students understand Earth systems.