Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills

Journal Article | May 2023

Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…

Heat Maps as a Fun and Instructive Way to Gauge Student Perceptions on Skill Development

Journal Article | September 2023

Migrating Beyond the Classroom

Journal Article | September 2022

Making Stone Soup

Journal Article | March 2023

Impacts of Faculty Development on Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

Journal Article | July 2022

To support undergraduate instruction and learning outcomes (i.e., systems thinking and decision-making in interdisciplinary contexts) grounded in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus (FEW Nexus), we implemented a multiyear…

Online Supplementary Files 2007-2020

Page | January 2020

Online Supplementary Files 2007-2020 November/December 2020The Aurora BorealisStudent WorksheetSolar wind velocity data and answer keySolar storm answer keyConnecting to the Next Generation Science StandardsThe Lives of Staph (Idea Bank)Appendix AAppendix BAppendix CAppendix DAppendix EAppendix…

Space Science Explorations as Equity

Journal Article | November 2022

It Starts at Home

Journal Article | May 2022

Science Beyond the Classroom

Journal Article | February 2021

Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Regional Winners

Page | March 2020

Congratulations to the Year 2 Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Competition regional winners! Photos from the workshop held at the STEM Forum & Expo in San Francisco, July 2019 Testimonials from Year…

The Benefits of Integrating Engineering Into Science

Journal Article | April 2023

Active Learning Classrooms

Journal Article | August 2022

Active learning classrooms (ALCs) are designed to support collaborative learning in large class sections that are often taught with a lecture format. Studies on ALCs indicate that they have positive influences on…

Innovation and Design

Journal Article | January 2021

Improving Retention and Graduation of Female Engineering and Polytechnic Students With First-Year Interventions

Journal Article | May 2023

Prior research in student retention emphasizes that building students’ connections with the institution and their peers is key. Students from underrepresented populations often lack these connections, making them more…

Reimagining the 5 Practices for Effective and Equitable Discourse

Journal Article | June 2021