Projects (Past)

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CLIMATE LITERACY THROUGH EPISTEMOLOGY OF SCIENTIFIC MODELING (CliMES; NSF DRL 1720838/2203386 and 1719872, $1.7M, 2017-2023)

NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE FOR RESEARCH ON FOOD, ENERGY, & WATER EDUCATION (NC-FEW, $1.4M, 2019-2022)

NEBRASKA STEM: NOYCE ELEMENTARY STEM MASTER TEACHING FELLOWS PROGRAM FOR RURAL NEBRASKA (NSF DUE-1758496, $1.5M, 2018-2022)

WATER EDUCATION LEADERS for SECONDARY SCIENCE (WELS2, $210k, 2016-2019)

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOR FOOD, ENERGY, AND WATER (E2FEW, $150k, 2017-2021)

UNDERSTANDING INHERITANCE IN CORN (UnICORN, $416k, 2015-2019)

MODELING HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE (MoHSES) and WATER FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS OF SCIENCE IN NEBRASKA (NE WETS) $600k, 2013-2018)

REFLECTIVE ASSESSMENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCIENCE (RAES, $540k, 2012-2016)

PROMOTING INQUIRY-BASED ELEMENTARY SCIENCE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE CURRICULUM CONSTRUCTION (PIESC3, $280k, 2010-2013)