Freezing Ice

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about freezing point. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the temperature at which water freezes is independent of the volume.

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…

Teaching Green Chemistry Through Student-Generated Open Educational Resources

Journal Article | March 2023

This article describes the implementation of a student-generated open educational resource project into a majors’ organic chemistry laboratory. This scaffolded semester-long project was organized into six phases and…

Modeling Energy

Journal Article | January 2023

“Science That Matters”

Journal Article | January 2021

Social Justice in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | April 2020

Online Engagement in an Undergraduate Cell Biology Course

Journal Article | March 2022

Online engagement, or the use of online supplementary instruction and assessment, in high-structure courses is gaining popularity as a useful tool to facilitate instruction, assignments, and examinations. High-structure…

Genetics with Dragons

Journal Article | March 2019

Hardware, software, and websites for use in the classroom.

Colorful Creations

Journal Article | September 2019

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature.

A Layered Approach to Scientific Models

Journal Article | August 2020

The Science of COVID-19

Journal Article | January 2023

Critical Consciousness in Engineering for Sustainable Communities

Journal Article | February 2022

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…

Science Buddies

Journal Article | October 2019

How-to strategies and classroom management tips

Is It a Solid?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about solids. The probe is designed to reveal the macroscopic and/or microscopic properties students use to decide whether a material is a solid.