Do Plants Breathe?

Journal Article | February 2019

The idea that plants do photosynthesis but do not do cellular respiration is a common misconception among middle and high school students that often stems from an over-simplification of these processes in diagrams and…

Integrating Engineering Design in Undergraduate Biology Using a Life Science Design Task

Journal Article | December 2020

This study examines the initial integration of engineering design in an introductory preservice elementary biology content course using a life science design task focused on composting. The task, informed by a three-…

Aligning Undergraduate Science Curricula With Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article | August 2022

Recent science reform advocates for the inclusion of engineering design to teach science and represents a shift to so-called three-dimensional (3D) learning. This shift often requires science instructors to adapt their…

Exploring the Effects of a Neglected Area

Journal Article | January 2022

One of the major challenges of teaching science has been engaging students in discussions of concepts due to lack of perceived relevancy of topics to students’ individual goals and societal issues. Science has been…

Open Innovation Challenge to Mitigate Global Warming

Journal Article | September 2023

A Framework for Effective Dissemination of Innovative STEM Curricula

Journal Article | July 2020

Ancient Antimicrobials

Journal Article | January 2023

From Local to Global

Journal Article | April 2021

Project Hail Mary

Journal Article | May 2022

Science Friday

Journal Article | March 2023

Why Culturally Relevant Science Teaching is Vital in Our Classrooms

Journal Article | October 2021

Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions About Water With a Storyline Unit

Journal Article | March 2022

Integrated Concentration in Science

Journal Article | January 2022

The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) 4-year program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was designed to promote interdisciplinary STEM collaboration in the solution of real-world problems and encourage…

Crafting and Critiquing Climate Change Evidence Arguments

Journal Article | August 2021

Using Storylines to Support Three-Dimensional Learning in Project-Based Science

Journal Article | January 2019