A Problem-Solving Experiment

Journal Article | January 2022

Q: How Does the Sun’s Heat Get To Us Here on Earth?

Journal Article | January 2023

The Bohr Model of the Atom

Journal Article | January 2021

Using Science-Themed Fiction Chapter Books In The Classroom

Journal Article | February 2021

Turn Up the Music!

Journal Article | July 2021

Incorporating Principles of Social Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom

Journal Article | July 2022

Patterns and Perseverance

Journal Article | April 2021

Interdisciplinary Lessons on Energy and Entropy

Journal Article | May 2022

This article presents ideas and narratives of an experiment on the concept of energy developed for an honors seminar on energy and a mechanics course. We argue that energy is an idea best taught in an interdisciplinary…

Virtual Field Trips

Journal Article | June 2021

A Magnetic Attraction

Journal Article | October 2021

Planting 3D Instruction in Your Classroom

Journal Article | June 2020

Shadow Size

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s ideas about how light interacts with an object to form a shadow. The probe is designed to reveal children’s ideas about the size of a shadow in relation to…

Formative Assessment of English Language Proficiency in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | September 2020

In a linguistically diverse fourth-grade classroom, students carry out an investigation to answer the lesson question: How are we able to see objects? Working collaboratively in groups, students are given a lidded box…

Look, It’s Changing!

Journal Article | August 2020

Formative Assessment of English Language Proficiency in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | July 2020