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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.

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

Dr. Michael P. Clough
Science Education
Principal Investigator

Dr. Cinzia Cervato
Geology

Dr. Matthew Stanley
History & Philosophy
of Science

Dr. Charles Kerton
Astronomy

Dr. Joanne K. Olson
Science Education

Dr. Craig Ogilvie
Physics

Dr. James T. Colbert
Ecology, Evolution, Biology

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