Force and Motion Ideas

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possible answers includes several distracters that are based on learning…

Interdisciplinary Lessons on Energy and Entropy

Journal Article | May 2022

This article presents ideas and narratives of an experiment on the concept of energy developed for an honors seminar on energy and a mechanics course. We argue that energy is an idea best taught in an interdisciplinary…

Sound Activities and Investigations With Preschoolers

Journal Article | May 2022

The Science of COVID-19

Journal Article | January 2023

Why Does Water Swirl When it Goes Down a Drain?

Journal Article | January 2019

Refraction

Journal Article | March 2019

Exploring light as it moves from one medium to another with the intriguing result of different speeds—the bending of light we call refraction.

Particulate Matters

Journal Article | July 2022

Simulating a Wave to Understand Science and Technology

Journal Article | August 2020

Exploring Acceleration

Journal Article | September 2020

Ninja Nerds

Journal Article | October 2021

Engineering Science Teacher Creativity!

Journal Article | February 2020

Capitalizing on Student Misconceptions

Journal Article | January 2021

It's a Small World After All

Journal Article | June 2021

Data literacy 101

Journal Article | March 2020

Student-Constructed Weather Instruments Facilitate Scientific Inquiry

Journal Article | February 2020

Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the complexity of the scientific process and the value of empirical observations…