Fun With Forces and Motion

Journal Article | April 2020

Strategies to Increase the Workforce Development of Interdisciplinary Cohorts of Traditionally Underrepresented Students in STEM

Journal Article | October 2021

This article presents results from a Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) grant from the National Science Foundation that supported students from three majors and funded the development of cocurricular activities designed to…

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…

Simulating a Wave to Understand Science and Technology

Journal Article | August 2020

Sailing into Engineering

Journal Article | August 2020

The Moon’s Inclined Orbital Plane

Journal Article | January 2021

Understanding “Death”

Journal Article | September 2022

It Can Happen Here!

Journal Article | May 2023

Turning Tests Into Tasks

Journal Article | February 2019

Learn how to build a summative performance assessment from a standardized test question.

Making Science Personal

Journal Article | January 2021

General education college astronomy courses offer instructors both a unique audience and a unique challenge. For many students, such a course may be their first time encountering a stand-alone astronomy class, and it is…

Online science educator Julia Brodsky

Journal Article | September 2020

Extending Engineering Learning Beyond Field Trips

Journal Article | September 2020

Neglected Tropical Diseases

Journal Article | July 2020

The 2000-Meter Row

Case Study | April 2001

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…