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About the How Science Works Project

The Story Behind the Science website is the result of multiple projects coming together with one central purpose: to provide deeply researched, engaging stories of major science topics that explicitly highlight how science works, how scientists think, and the often messy process that leads to the development of scientific knowledge.

The How Science Works project [input summary]

Project Title: The Story Behind the Science: Humanizing Science to Improve Post-Secondary Science Education

Scope: 30 short stories in five scientific disciplines targeting college students taking introductory science courses.

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Partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0618446.

Project Team

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Dr. Michael P. Clough
Science Education
Principal Investigator

 

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Dr. Cinzia Cervato
Geology

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Dr. Matthew Stanley
History & Philosophy
of Science

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Dr. Charles Kerton
Astronomy

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Dr. Joanne K. Olson
Science Education

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Dr. Craig Ogilvie
Physics

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Dr. James T. Colbert
Ecology, Evolution, Biology

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Joe Taylor
M.S., Science Education
Webmaster, Editor

Project Research

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