Integrating Engineering Design in Undergraduate Biology Using a Life Science Design Task

Journal Article | December 2020

This study examines the initial integration of engineering design in an introductory preservice elementary biology content course using a life science design task focused on composting. The task, informed by a three-…

Q: What Is Energy?

Journal Article | August 2021

Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Testimonials

Page | March 2020

Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Testimonials LaConner High School – Todd Hinderman On behalf of LaConner High School and myself, we are truly grateful for the grant award money through the Shell Lab Science Challenge Regional competition. This award has allowed me to upgrade and purchase some very necessary and…

Rainbow to Grow

Journal Article | July 2022

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…

Empowering Salieri

Journal Article | November 2021

Exploring the Effects of a Neglected Area

Journal Article | January 2022

One of the major challenges of teaching science has been engaging students in discussions of concepts due to lack of perceived relevancy of topics to students’ individual goals and societal issues. Science has been…

Sweet Beets: Making Sugar Out of Thin Air

Case Study | September 2015

Peer-Led Team Learning as Educational Tool for First-Year Biology Students

Journal Article | April 2021

This article reports the findings of the Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) model intervention study in an introductory biology course at a Puerto Rican private university. PLTL introduces to the traditional class format an…

The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

Journal Article | July 2019

New Community Creation Through a Shared Biology-Chemistry-Communication Laboratory Model for First-Year STEM Majors

Journal Article | May 2022

This article explores results from a 3-year model of laboratory instruction, Project Synapse, that synthesized biology, chemistry, and communication curricula for first-year science majors at a STEM-focused university.…

Introducing Engineering as an Altruistic STEM Career

Journal Article | February 2021

Some Like It Hot

Journal Article | February 2021

Making as a Performance Task

Journal Article | February 2019

Saving the Forest for the Trees

Journal Article | September 2019

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