Building Engagement in STEM Through Career Courses at Two-Year Institutions

Journal Article | December 2020

Community colleges enroll almost half of U.S. undergraduates and were predicted to produce 12% of the workforce for STEM professions in 2018. Half of these students are the first in their families to attend college and…

The Lives of Staph

Journal Article | November 2020

Shaking out Probability

Journal Article | April 2021

Patterns From Earth’s Place in Space

Journal Article | November 2022

Turning Tests Into Tasks

Journal Article | February 2019

Learn how to build a summative performance assessment from a standardized test question.

Kids Teaching Kids

Journal Article | March 2020

Mom Always Liked You Best

Case Study | February 2001

Refine By Design

Journal Article | July 2022

An Evolution in Teaching Natural Selection

Journal Article | January 2023

Using Publicly Available Long-Term Climate Records in Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Big Data Curriculum

Journal Article | October 2021

Understanding data analysis and interpreting data are key components of teaching interdisciplinary undergraduate students. We detail a semester-long research project that introduces students to long-term data sets,…

A Light Challenge

Journal Article | January 2021

Crazy About Cryptids!

Case Study | June 2015

Scientist Circles: Fostering Student Participation and Collaboration in Class Discussions

Professional Learning Unit | April 2025

Moving students into a circle so they can see and speak directly to each other can transform a quiet classroom into a collaborative discussion space!

Salt Crystals

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about crystalline solids. The probe is specifically designed to determine how students think atoms are arranged and move in a crystalline lattice.

Genetics with Dragons

Journal Article | March 2019

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