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…

What a Year

Journal Article | December 2020

Early Childhood Engineering and Natural Resources

Journal Article | August 2020

Enrichment for All

Journal Article | September 2020

Student-Constructed Weather Instruments Facilitate Scientific Inquiry

Journal Article | February 2020

Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the complexity of the scientific process and the value of empirical observations…

Discovering Diversity

Journal Article | March 2020

Coding, and Computer Science, and Computational Thinking—Oh My!

Journal Article | March 2021

Investigating Urban Trees

Journal Article | February 2020

Improving Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Engineering Teaching Efficacy Beliefs With 3D Design and Printing

Journal Article | December 2020

The Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) under-score the importance of including engineering design process (EDP) within the science curriculum. The Framework and the…

Warming Water

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think cold things can have energy.

What Makes Them Tick? Middle School Data Science Explorations of Ticks and Lyme Disease

Journal Article | September 2020

Whole-Class Discussion Strategies That Engage Students and Enhance Understanding

Journal Article | September 2020

The Power of Observation

Journal Article | February 2020

Using Drama to Uncover and Expand Student Understandings of the Nature of Science

Journal Article | November 2020

Finding Outstanding Science Trade Books

Journal Article | March 2023