Fuel Your Curriculum: Processing environmentally friendly fuel engages an entire school in an interdisciplinary project

Journal Article | October 2000

In this article two teachers, one from the science department and one from the industrial technology department, paired up in a newly developed course called "Science and Technology." In the course students turned an…

Fundamentals of Integrated Science: What teachers should consider when planning an integrated science curriculum

Journal Article | August 2000

The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) explored integrated science at the high school level through a study funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Although successful programs were developed for…

Acquisition and Retention of Quantitative Communication Skills in an Undergraduate Biology Curriculum: Long-Term Retention Results

Journal Article | April 2010

The purpose of this study was to assess some of the effects of a nontraditional, experimental learning approach designed to improve rapid acquisition and long-term retention of quantitative communication skills (QCS)…

Life Is Change: A community project captures life processes and fosters K-12 curriculum collaboration

Journal Article | April 2003

The phrase "Life is change" is meant to convey to high school students that a key characteristic of living organisms is continual change. A community photography project captures the essence of biology and fosters…

Providing Pedagogy Education for Aspiring Instructors at Institutions Without Formal Pedagogy Curriculum or Undergraduate Populations

Journal Article | October 2018

This article describes the effectiveness of a Twin Talk Series in which a content expert discusses a pedagogical technique (Take-in) and then volunteers practice the technique (Try-out).

Aligning to State Standards: A look at one school district's journey to form a cohesive science curriculum

Journal Article | February 2002

Teachers in this school district soon realized they were on different paths in science literacy and one district had no science standards. This article describes their journey to identify science standards and…

Combustion and Energy Transfer Experiments: A Laboratory Model for Linking Core Concepts Across the Science Curriculum

Journal Article | December 2006

Core concepts can be integrated throughout lower-division science and engineering courses by using a series of related, cross-referenced laboratory experiments. Starting with butane combustion in chemistry, we expanded…