Teaching with Music

Journal Article | March 2022

How Does Climate Change Affect Oyster Populations?

Journal Article | February 2020

Model of Air Inside a Jar

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the particle model of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that air is made up of particles that are widely spaced with…

Digging for Data

Journal Article | April 2021

Crafting and Critiquing Climate Change Evidence Arguments

Journal Article | August 2021

Surface Tension and Surfactants

Journal Article | January 2019

Interactive, Physical Course Materials as Formative Assessment Opportunities to Improve Student Learning of Molecular Structure-Function Relationships

Journal Article | November 2022

Physical and life science disciplines emphasize how basic structural units influence function, yet it is challenging for students to understand structure-function relationships, particularly at molecular scales.…

Blended Learning in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | October 2019

An introduction to atoms and molecules

Using Climate Models to Learn About Global Climate Change

Journal Article | September 2020

Start With Art

Journal Article | April 2020

Chicken Eggs

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…

Q: Why Can I See My Breath on Cold Days?

Journal Article | February 2020

Q: What Color Is the Sun?

Journal Article | April 2021

Q: Which Came First—the Chicken or the Egg?

Journal Article | July 2021

Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.