The Origin of Federal Air Pollution Policy

Journal Article | April 2020

Is Engineering Creative?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about creativity in engineering. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students think that creativity is an important part of…

Water, River, and Community: Bridging Community, Environment, and Outreach Through a Transdisciplinary Course

Journal Article | August 2021

Growing With Phenomenon

Journal Article | May 2022

Designing a STEM Class

Journal Article | July 2022

The Intentional Integration of Computational Thinking

Journal Article | April 2021

Teaching the Periodic Table

Journal Article | August 2021

An Interview With Cognitive Scientist Lindsay Portnoy

Journal Article | August 2019

Cognitive scientists study how people learn. This type of knowledge can be applied in a diverse array of fields, ranging from advertising to journalism and academia. Lindsay Portnoy is a lecturer at Northeastern…

Creating a Video Case Study

Journal Article | February 2019

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This issue describes how to create a video case study.

Me and My Shadow

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about light and shadows. The probe is designed to find out students’ ideas about how shadows change throughout the day.

Model of Air Inside a Jar

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the particle model of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that air is made up of particles that are widely spaced with…

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…

How Do Animals Brush Their Teeth?

Journal Article | December 2018

Pennies

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the properties of atoms. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between the microscopic properties of an atom and the…

Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about complete circuits involving lightbulbs. The probe reveals whether students recognize the pathway of electricity in a complete circuit, including…