Wet Jeans

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the water cycle. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that water goes into the air around us after it evaporates.

Mystery Critters

Journal Article | September 2022

Rainfall, River Height, and Local Relevance

Journal Article | May 2023

Touch, Talk, Text

Journal Article | October 2021

How the Data Got Their Dots

Journal Article | January 2022

Data at a Distance

Journal Article | January 2022

Summer Talk

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seasons. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the effect of the Earth’s tilt on its axis and the resulting intensity of…

Using Climate Models to Learn About Global Climate Change

Journal Article | September 2020

Family-Based Astronomy

Journal Article | December 2020

Yes, and Cross-Curricular Planning for Preschool

Journal Article | July 2019

The Greenhouse Effect

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the greenhouse effect. The probe is designed to reveal whether students confuse the greenhouse effect with other environmental concerns or lump the…

Student-Centered Learning in an Earth Science, Preservice, Teacher-Education Course

Journal Article | June 2009

In an effort to get elementary teachers to teach more science in the classroom, a required preservice science education course was designed to promote the use of hands-on teaching techniques. This paper describes course…