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Pietsch, Renée B.; Hanlon, Regina; Bohland, Cynthia; Schmale, David G., III – Science Teacher, 2016
This article describes an interdisciplinary unit in which students explore biological "ice nucleation"--by particles that cause water to freeze at temperatures above -38°C--through the lens of the microbial ice nucleator "Pseudomonas syringae." Such This activity, which aligns with the "Next Generation Science…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Experimental Groups, Units of Study
Bartlett, Thomas – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Describes how the University of Pennsylvania is testing a new way of teaching involving team-taught interdisciplinary courses on some its freshmen, while keeping others in a control group. (EV)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups