Big Books Have a Big Impact on Elementary Science Education

Journal Article | July 2023

Preservice elementary teachers are faced with the daunting task of learning enough about every subject to support their students’ development of foundational ideas. Teacher preparation programs and professional…

Paying the Price of Palm Oil

Journal Article | November 2021

Integrating Computational Modeling Into Science Instruction With English Learners

Journal Article | March 2021

Teaching the Periodic Table

Journal Article | August 2021

Making Science Personal

Journal Article | January 2021

General education college astronomy courses offer instructors both a unique audience and a unique challenge. For many students, such a course may be their first time encountering a stand-alone astronomy class, and it is…

Engaging ALL Students in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | July 2023

Mapping Vocabulary Onto Student Sense-Making

Journal Article | October 2021

A “Meteor” Crashed Into Our School!

Journal Article | January 2022

Collaboration Crushes Competition!

Journal Article | June 2021

The Miracle of Hickory

Journal Article | July 2022

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Journal Article | November 2022

Primary Literature in Undergraduate Science Courses

Journal Article | January 2021

Primary literature—consisting of novel peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings—has been associated with several positive outcomes for students within undergraduate science courses. Primary literature is the…

Let Me Tell You A Story

Journal Article | January 2023

River’s Edge Construction

Journal Article | May 2023

Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…