Creating Podcasts as Science Learning

Journal Article | September 2020

After-School STEAM Club Connects Botany, Art, and Gaming

Journal Article | April 2020

Engaging Students at All Academic Levels in an Inquiry-Based Paleoecologic Learning Activity—Even When You Don’t Have the Rocks

Journal Article | October 2021

Inquiry-based learning is an educational strategy that emphasizes the student’s role in the learning process by having them propose and test hypotheses through experimentation and/or the collection of observational data…

Engaging Families With GLOBE Observer

Journal Article | December 2020

Teacher Spotlight: Brenda Walsh

Journal Article | May 2020

Investigating the Resurrection Plant

Journal Article | March 2019

Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions.

Should Our City's Wastewater Treatment System Produce Ammonia?

Lesson Plan | February 2022

Case Studies in Environmental Justice

Journal Article | September 2020

From Bean to Cup

Journal Article | February 2019

Coffee comes to the science lab

Plants in the Dark and Light

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plant growth. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that plants use their stored food to grow in the absence of light.

Learning About Culture and Sustainable Harvesting of Native Plants

Journal Article | March 2021

Incorporating Student-Centered Learning in an Ecosystems Course

Journal Article | October 2021

Student-centered learning broadly encompasses teaching approaches that shift the focus of instruction from teacher to student by placing an emphasis on what as well as how students want to learn. This approach allows…

Teacher Spotlight: Veronica Wylie

Journal Article | October 2021

Colorful Creations

Journal Article | September 2019

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature.

Is This Watershed Contaminated With PCBs?

Journal Article | May 2020