Promoting STEM Persistence Through an Innovative Field Trip–Based First-Year Experience Course

Journal Article | October 2019

The authors describe how they introduced a field trip–based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors.

Science Identity and Its Implications for STEM Retention and Career Aspirations Through a Research-Based First-Year Biology Seminar

Journal Article | August 2022

There are more STEM jobs than there are qualified graduates to fill these positions, and recruiting students into STEM majors is insufficient. Of students who enter college intending to pursue STEM, nearly half do not…

Rotting Apple

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

Data Literacy 101

Journal Article | March 2019

Thinking Big

Journal Article | March 2020

The New Normal

Journal Article | September 2020

Designing a STEM Class

Journal Article | July 2022

What Science Should Look and Sound Like

Journal Article | March 2023

Teacher Spotlight: Kathleen Caslow

Journal Article | January 2022

Is Vaping Harmful?

Journal Article | September 2020

Rosie Revere’s Orangutan Dilemma

Journal Article | December 2020

Advancing Alloys

Journal Article | April 2020

The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier…

Design Your Own Navy

Journal Article | February 2019

Virtual shipbuilding technology from professional naval engineeers

Using Human-Centered Design to Enhance the Guest Experience at the Dallas Arboretum

Journal Article | May 2022

Touching the Solar System: A Project-Based Learning Astronomy Program for Students With Visual Impairments

Journal Article | August 2022