Using Insect Biodiversity to Build Basic Skills

Journal Article | March 2019

What Is a Product’s Life Cycle?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the life cycle of a product. The probe is designed to see how students apply the concept of life cycle analysis to determine the impact of a…

Rethinking Online Science Learning

Journal Article | March 2022

Design Your Own Navy

Journal Article | February 2019

Virtual shipbuilding technology from professional naval engineeers

Sharing the Wonder of Natural History

Journal Article | March 2019

Help students overcome nature-deficit disorder with these outdoor activities.

Globalize Your Classroom

Journal Article | October 2019

Employing global collaboration to develop student communication skills using the water cycle

What Do You Know About Volcanoes and Earthquakes?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plate tectonic features and events. The probe is designed to uncover commonly held misconceptions about volcanoes and earthquakes.

How Crafts Can Be a Science Learning Experience

Blog Post | December 2020

Messy Data, Real Science

Journal Article | May 2020

[A] major goal for science education should be to provide all students with the background to systematically investigate issues related to their personal and community priorities. They should be able to frame…

Cookie Jar Alarms

Journal Article | September 2019

This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering.

Rotting Apple

Lesson Plan | December 2022

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…

Using Narratives to Evoke Empathy and Support Girls’ Engagement in Engineering

Journal Article | July 2020