Resources

Journal Articles Co-Authored by Knobloch & Wang

• Leveraging Agricultural Technologies to Facilitate Integrated STEM Collaborations
  • An example of how to use agricultural technologies to enhance an integrated STEM collaboration
• Defining Interdisciplinary Collaboration Based on High School Teachers' Beliefs and Practices of STEM Integration Using a Complex Designed System
• Preservice Educators' Beliefs and Practices of Teaching STEM through Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
• Levels of STEM Integration through Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
  • The development of a rubric that identifies levels of integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) lessons through agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) lessons.

Lesson Plans

• Integrated STEM Mini-Units
  • Appealing Apple Preservation and Packaging
  • Biomimicry in Action
  • Coffee: From seed to cup
  • Ecosystem: Plants, Animals, & Energy
  • Global Food Security and GMO Usage
  • Got Safe Milk
  • Homegrown Gardening Through the Lens of Soil Science
  • Lactose in Milk
  • Meet Your Meats
  • Taking Steps to Solve the Water Crisis
  • The Entomologist's Insect Lifecycle: From Hungry Caterpillars to Insect Pest Management
  • Understadning Soil Science and Its Impact on Daily Life
  • Water
  • Wood: The Ultimate Building Material Bullock
• Hydroponic Lessons
  • Chemistry
    • Hydroponic Formulation
    • Hydroponic Formulation V2
    • Temp_pH-EC
    • Summary of Each Lesson (Teacher Resources)
    • Worksheet 1: Dirt? Who needs it?
    • Worksheet 2: What elements do plants need?
    • Worksheet 3: What substances are in solutions that conduct electricity?
    • Worksheet 4: What compounds do we need to grow plants?
    • Worksheet 5: Effects of pH on Solubility
    • Worksheet 5: Effects of pH on Solubility answers
    • Worksheet 6: How do we calculate ppm of each element in a solution?
    • Worksheet 7: What compounds do we need to grow plants?
    • Worksheet 8: Is hydroponics the future of farming?
  • Photosynthesis
    • Lesson 4: Design an indoor lighting for microgreens
    • Lighting and Photosynthesis
    • Photosynthesis: Overview
    • Photosynthesis: Light Dependent and Light Independent Reactions
  • Physics
    • Simple Circuits: Engineering Irrigations Systems for Hydroponic Enthusiasts
    • Design STEM High School Hydroponics: Putting it All Together
    • Design STEM High School Physics Simple Circuits: Engineering Irrigation Systems for Hydroponic Enthusiasts
• Food Safety and Science Lessons
  • Food Safety
    • Hazards to Food Safety and Factors that Affect Foodborne Illness
    • Keeping Our Food Safe
    • Food Contamination
  • Bacteria and Factors that Affect Food Safety
    • Time, Temperature, and Hand Washing
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
    • HACCP Introduction
    • Food Safety in Schools
    • Food Processing
  • Food Safety Enhancing Technologies
    • Food Safety Enhancing Technologies Introduction
    • Nonthermal Food Processing
    • Food Irradiation: What You Need to Know
  • Data Science in Food Safety
    • Data Science in Food Safety Introduction
  • Food Safety Track
  • Lesson Reference List
• System Thinking
• Rubric
  • Food System STEM Project