Teaching Trees: Revisions to an inquiry-based, service-learning field lab broadens student learning and better aligns to learning outcomes.

Journal Article | May 2024

Most introductory science courses are large, lecture-style general education classes. Introduction to Environmental Science (ES 100) at NC State University is no exception, enrolling 200-300 students and meeting in the…

Here and there: A novel hybrid remote/in-person college-level science lab model at a small primarily undergraduate institution

Journal Article | May 2024

Moving to remote, online learning to meet local and national health guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic posed a challenge for college science courses due to the interactive nature of laboratories. We developed and…

Lab With Dad

Journal Article | January 2012

A simple annual event, "Lab With Dad," targets a specific age group of students who spend an evening "doing science" with their dad or another significant adult.

The Farmer in the Lab

Journal Article | January 2010

Agriculture can play a key role in fostering scientific literacy because it brings important plant and ecosystem concepts into the classroom. Plus, agriculture, like science, is not static and includes much trial and…

NOT Another Lab Report

Journal Article | December 2011

To encourage critical thinking and improve scientific literacy, the author created an open-inquiry lab experience that students work on three to four times a year based on major content shifts that students explore (…

The E-mail Lab

Journal Article | August 2015

Teaching nature of science and science practices through story construction.

A Museum Learning Lab

Journal Article | March 2008

The “Learning Lab: The Cell” exhibit was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum and the MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS). Specially designed for middle and high school…

A Virtual Circuits Lab

Journal Article | June 2010

The University of Colorado’s Physics Education Technology (PhET) website offers free, high-quality simulations of many physics experiments that can be used in the classroom. The Circuit Construction Kit, for example,…