Modeling Energy

Journal Article | January 2023

Rotting Apple

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

Soil Texture 5E

Journal Article | September 2020

Mapping Students’ Engineering Processes with Design Zones

Journal Article | January 2021

Learning About Culture and Sustainable Harvesting of Native Plants

Journal Article | March 2021

SCOPE: A Volunteer-Led STEM Outreach Program Connecting Communities to Research

Journal Article | December 2021

Fostering Reflective Teaching

Journal Article | March 2022

The Student Participation Observation Tool (SPOT) is a web-based classroom observation protocol developed for higher education STEM courses and based on research on evidence-based practices. The low-inference and…

They Really Used to Think That?

Journal Article | August 2020

What’s So Phenomenal About Animals?

Journal Article | July 2021

Habitat Change

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in…

Why is something that’s happening out in the ocean such a danger to us on the land?

Lesson Plan | January 2021

Turning on the Three-Dimensional Switch

Journal Article | August 2021

Fire!

Journal Article | March 2023

More than a Game

Journal Article | February 2019

Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable…

Hair-Raising Fun!

Journal Article | September 2022