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…

Student-Driven Research in the First Year

Journal Article | October 2020

We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic career, help them develop skills and competencies, and create an…

Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:

Journal Article | July 2020

Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-…

An Initial Engagement: Preparing a Preliminary Design

Reports Article | July 2020

Killing Chloroplasts

Case Study | December 2016

CAMEL Question

Case Study | February 2017

Boreal Forest Dynamics at the Hardwood Ecotone

Case Study | October 2020

How Failing in Science Helped Solve the Coho Salmon Mystery

Case Study | August 2024

Freebies for Science Teachers, November 9, 2021

Reports Article | October 2021

Safety and School Science Instruction

Position Statement | June 2020

When Can We See Different Objects in the Sky?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

You Don’t Have to be a Rocket Scientist

Journal Article | May 2022

The Eagle Has Fallen

Journal Article | July 2022

Is That Plausible?

Journal Article | January 2023

Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills

Journal Article | May 2023

Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…