Windows on the Inquiry Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

A complete video and documentary record of an inquiry-based nonscience majors’ course has been captured (the “Fire and Ice” Collection). Every moment of 27 class sessions may be observed from several points of view (…

Connecting With Community

Journal Article | September 2020

Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders

Journal Article | March 2021

Sowing Spartina

Journal Article | May 2020

Students as Citizen Scientists: It’s Elementary

Journal Article | August 2020

Science in Your Stacks

Journal Article | December 2020

Exploring Earth Geoscience Processes With a Flight Over Mars

Journal Article | August 2020

Rotting Apple

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

Observing Environmental Changes from Earth's Orbit

Journal Article | March 2019

Astronomy throughout the year.

Frogs Need Homes and Other Ecological Lessons

Journal Article | August 2020

Saving the Forest for the Trees

Journal Article | September 2019

Collaborative science projects you can join

Data at a Distance

Journal Article | January 2022

Transforming Local Spaces With Relevant Perspectives

Journal Article | February 2021

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…