Mass, Volume, and Density

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students have commonly held ideas about mass, volume, shape, and other properties that interfere…

Crosscutting Test Prep Strategies

Journal Article | February 2019

Strategies for increasing student engagement

Evolving Students' Writing Skills

Journal Article | March 2019

Strategies for increasing student engagement.

Promoting Biodiversity Through Urban Greenspaces

Journal Article | August 2021

Supporting Success in Science

Journal Article | April 2022

Unpacking the Universe

Journal Article | March 2023

Transitioning from Partial to Total Understanding

Journal Article | July 2023

Biosand Filters for Water Purification

Journal Article | February 2021

Mapping Vocabulary Onto Student Sense-Making

Journal Article | October 2021

Oh Deer! Using Socioscientific Issues to Teach Inquiry-Based Lessons With English Language Learners

Journal Article | November 2022

Is It a System?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about systems. The probe is designed to find out whether students can recognize that things with parts that interact or influence each other are systems.

A Case for Creative Coding

Journal Article | April 2021

The Effect of Science Education Classes on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes About Science

Journal Article | June 2019

This study examined the attitudes toward science of elementary preservice teachers at a large public university in Texas. The study utilized a version of the well-established Test of ScienceRelated Attitudes (TOSRA) to…

Hurricane Season

Journal Article | August 2019

Science and current events

Socio-scientific Issues Instruction

Journal Article | November 2020