Incorporating Student-Centered Learning in an Ecosystems Course

Journal Article | October 2021

Student-centered learning broadly encompasses teaching approaches that shift the focus of instruction from teacher to student by placing an emphasis on what as well as how students want to learn. This approach allows…

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…

Metabolism Out of Control

Case Study | December 2019

Peer Review and Response

Journal Article | October 2020

Students in an upper-division Environmental Chemistry course used peer review and response to reviewer comments to improve their writing skills. The process employed an anonymous and timed in-class Peer Review Format.…

What's the Big Deal About Ocean Acidification?

Journal Article | March 2022

Using Augmented Reality to Augment Inquiry (and Fun!) in Your Lessons

Journal Article | May 2022

Fostering Cultural Community Wealth

Journal Article | March 2023

Promoting Sensemaking

Journal Article | March 2023

Space Science for All!

Journal Article | October 2023

Teacher Spotlight: Roger Blevins

Journal Article | April 2021

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 8, 2023

Reports Article | August 2023

Reading Adventures

Journal Article | February 2020

Metabolic Mayhem

Case Study | October 2022

Sustainable Forest Management

Journal Article | September 2019

Students measure growth trends in the school woods.

Freebies and Opportunities From the Field for Science and STEM Teachers, July 5, 2022

Reports Article | June 2022