NASA’s Universe of Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

Flame Jetting!

Blog Post | April 2021

From Bean to Cup

Journal Article | February 2019

Coffee comes to the science lab

Improving the Quality of Engineering Design Challenges

Journal Article | January 2019

Using AI to Monitor Health

Playlist | August 2022

The Role of Question-Asking in Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Journal Article | January 2023

Undergraduate research is a high-impact educational practice for which effective mentoring has been identified as a key factor in determining its success. Some researchers have argued that effective mentors help…

Apple in a Plane

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about force related to the interaction between inanimate objects. The probe is designed to determine which forces students think act on an object at rest…

Enhancing Environmental Identity: The Ocean Guardian Project

Journal Article | November 2020

Teaching About How Scientists Work—With a Focus on Claims-Evidence-Reasoning

Blog Post | June 2021

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, March 9, 2021

Reports Article | March 2021

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 12, 2021

Reports Article | January 2021

Engineering Essential Attributes of Cooperative Learning and Quality Discourse in a Large Enrollment Course by Leveraging Clicker Devices

Journal Article | April 2020

This article describes how clickers (student response systems) may be used to assess and support the development of productive process skills and discourse patterns within student teams during class periods. Clicker…

STEM Lab Safety Zones for Hazardous Areas

Blog Post | March 2022

What Happens When You Bring a Balloon Near Wall

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electrical interactions. The probe is designed to find out how students visually represent electrical interactions.