Teaching Plate Tectonics to Diverse Students Using the 5E and 5R Instructional Model

Journal Article | September 2022

Where in the World?

Journal Article | July 2021

An Integrated STEM and Computing Curriculum for the Human-Technology Frontier

Journal Article | April 2021

Fire!

Journal Article | March 2023

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

Journal Article | February 2020

Putting the Energy Into Concept Development

Journal Article | July 2022

Designing Wildlife Crossings

Journal Article | July 2023

Sparking a Movement

Journal Article | January 2021

Reimagining Science Lessons Through Translanguaging

Journal Article | November 2022

Bridging the Gap

Journal Article | August 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…

How Slow Is Your Parachute?

Journal Article | July 2021

Will It Form a New Substance?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when…

An Argumentative Writing Prompt Model to Support Nonscience Major Students’ Learning in an Introductory Chemistry Course

Journal Article | July 2022

An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to…

Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills

Journal Article | May 2023

Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…