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…

Is It Matter?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about matter. The probe is designed to reveal the characteristics students use to describe and define matter.

Rubber Ducky Helps With Science

Journal Article | August 2021

Lab Safety and the 'Dirty Dozen'

Blog Post | November 2021

A Diet to Die For

Case Study | May 2012

Investigating Urban Trees

Journal Article | March 2019

Mobile geospatial technologies enable high school students to engage in authentic scientific data collection and analysis that promote spatial-thinking and reasoning skills, as well as problem-solving in a school’s…

Sustainable Forest Management

Journal Article | September 2019

Students measure growth trends in the school woods.

A Water Wheel Challenge!

Journal Article | January 2019

The SDM Finger

Journal Article | October 2019

Exploring makerspaces, engineering, and more

Why Homeostasis Is Important to Everyday Activities

Case Study | February 2018

How Should You Throw a Ball for the Maximum Distance?

Journal Article | December 2018