Science Education PublicationsTravis, H.J., 2016. Uncovering Wildlife: Using Mini Cover Boards for Science Investigations. The Science Teacher, 83(2): 17-22. NSTA Press, Arlington, VA.
Travis, H.J., 2013. Children and the Human-Animal Bond: Minimizing Pet Loss during Disasters. In M.R. Jalongo (Ed.) Teaching Compassion: Humane Education in Early Childhood. Springer, New York, NY. Travis, H.J., 2013. The Student-centered Lecture: Incorporating Inquiry in Large Group Settings. In R.E. Yager (Ed.), Exemplary College Science Teaching. NSTA Press, Arlington, VA. Lord, T. L. and Travis, H. J., 2011. Schoolyard Science: 101 Easy and Inexpensive Activities. NSTA Press, Arlington, VA. H.J. Travis, P.N. Angel, and E.J. Fees, 2010. Engaging Pre-service Teachers and Elementary School Students in the Forestry Reclamation Approach Through Earthworm Inoculation, Proceedings for the 2010 National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Pittsburgh, PA Bridging Reclamation, Science and the Community. R.I. Barnhisel (Ed.) Published by ASMR, 3134 Montavesta Rd., Lexington, KY 40502. Travis, H. J., 2008. Authentic Assessment: Using 5-E Lesson Plan Development to Evaluate Science Content Learning With Pre-service Teachers. In L. W. Crow, D. French, and T. R. Lord, (Eds.) College Science Teacher’s Guide to Assessment. NSTA Press, Arlington, VA. Lord, T. L. and Travis, H. J., 2008. Promoting Inquiry with Pre-service Elementary Teachers through a Science Content Course. In R.E. Yager (Ed.), 6th Exemplary Science Program Monograph. NSTA Press, Arlington, VA. Travis, H. J. and Lord, T.L., 2004. A Comparison Between Traditional and Constructivist Teaching Techniques In College Biology Labs. Journal for College Science Teaching, 34(3): 12-18. Travis, H. J. 2003. Pheromone Trail Following: An Easy Lab Activity for the Classroom. The American Biology Teacher, 65(6): 456-461. Science Education PresentationsNational
3rd Annual Life Discovery-Doing Science Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2016. Workshop: Using Mini-Cover Boards for Environmental Inquiry. The Wildlife Society 21st Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2014. Poster session: Mini-Cover Boards as a Tool for Environmental Education and Scientific Inquiry Society for College Science Teaching and National Science Teacher’s Association National Conference, Indianapolis, IN, March 2012. Poster session: Environmental Attitude: Tools for Effective Assessment of Formal and Informal Education Programs National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Conference, Washington, DC, July 2011. Create Inquiry-based Science Lessons the Easy Way- A Hands-on Workshop National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2010. Engaging Pre-service Teachers and Elementary School Students in the Forestry Reclamation ApproachThrough Earthworm Inoculation Society for College Science Teaching and National Science Teacher’s Association National Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2010. Poster session: Doing Science Research with Non-majors General Biology Students Society for College Science Teaching and National Science Teacher’s Association National Conference, Boston, MA, March 2008. Poster session: The Effect of a Required Environmental Biology Course on the Environmental Attitudes of Elementary Education Majors Entomological Society of America Conference, Public Outreach Program, Harrisburg, PA, March 2007. It’s a Bugs’ World – Meet the Fear Factor Bugs! National Association of Biology Teachers Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2004. Inquiry with Arthropods. Society for College Science Teaching and National Science Teacher’s Association National Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2004. Creating and Testing Student-Centered Environmental Lessons with Pre-Service Science Teachers. Society for College Science Teaching and National Science Teacher’s Association National Conference, Philadelphia, PA March 2003. Undergraduate Biology Majors as Teaching Assistants in the General Biology Lab. National Association for Science, Technology and Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2002. Pre-service Teachers and Constructivist Activities in the General Biology Lab. National Association of Biology Teachers International Conference, Montreal, Canada, November 2001. Poster: Caterpillars in the Classroom Society for College Science Teaching and National Science Teacher’s Association National Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 2001. Factors Affecting Host Species Selection by Eastern Tent Caterpillars and Fall Webworms: Enhancing the Learning Environment. Society for College Science Teaching and National Science Teacher’s Association Regional Conference, Baltimore MD, November 2000. Comparing Two Caterpillar Pests on Aspen Trees: An Easy Activity to Turn Students On To Nature. State Pennsylvania Association for Environmental Education Annual Meeting, March 2015, Raystown Lake, PA. Diverse Learners in Environmental Education Settings Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association Annual Meeting, State College, PA, December 2014. Incorporating Inquiry: The Student-centered College Lecture. Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association Annual Meeting, State College, PA, December 2013. Mini-cover Boards for Science Inquiry Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association Annual Meeting, Hershey, PA, December 2012. The 5-E Lecture: Incorporating Inquiry in a Large Group Setting Pennsylvania Association for Environmental Education Annual Meeting, Raystown Lake, PA, March 2012. Create Inquiry-based Ecology Lessons the Easy Way- A Hands-on Workshop Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association Annual Meeting, Hershey, PA, December 2011. Create Inquiry-based Science Lessons the Easy Way- A Hands-on Workshop Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association Annual Meeting, Hershey, PA, December 2010. The Effect of an 8th Grade Ecology Course on Environmental Attitudes Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association State Conference, Hershey, PA, December 2006. Environmental Attitude in Eighth Grade Students: Development and Impact of an Ecology Course. Annual Conference for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning, Harrisburg, PA, March 2005. Helping K-12 Pre-service Teachers Develop Student-centered Inquiry Lessons Using the 5-E Model. Collaborative For Excellence in Teacher Preparation (CETP-PA) State Conference, Edinboro, PA August 2003. Creating and Testing Student-Centered Lessons for an Environmental Learning Center with Pre-Service Science Teachers. Collaborative For Excellence in Teacher Preparation (CETP-PA) State Conference, Millersville, PA, August 2002. Managing Large Cooperative Learning Classes. Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (CETP-PA) Conference, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, November 2001. Science Education Students as Teaching Assistants in the General Biology Lab. Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (CETP-PA) Conference, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, August 2001. Constructivist and Traditional Teaching Techniques in the General Biology Lab. Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association State Conference, Seven Springs, PA, December 2000. Eastern Tent Caterpillars in the Classroom. Local/Regional Pennsylvania Science Teacher’s Association Teacher Workshop, April 2009. Student-designed elementary and secondary science lesson plans presented for in-service teachers to encourage the use of inquiry and critical thinking. CETP-IUP Teacher Workshop, October 2007. Inquiry with Insects program designed to introduce teachers to 5-E lesson planning and handling of various arthropods suitable for the classroom. Steel Valley School District In-Service Program, June 2007. Presented information about several arthropods (Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, Giant Cave Cockroaches, Giant Millipedes, Indian and Northern Stick Insects) and had teachers participate in making observations, handling the various organisms, and identifying how these can fit into science and integrated lessons for their classrooms. Environmental Education/Act 48 Workshop, Crooked Creek Environmental Learning Center, June 2006. Presented lessons and teaching suggestions from Food, Land and People in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Keystone Aquatic Resource Education and Project WET Aquatic in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Environmental Education/Act 48 Workshop, Crooked Creek Environmental Learning Center, August 2005. Presented lessons and teaching suggestions from Project WET, Project WILD and Pennsylvania Songbirds programs in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Armstrong School District Secondary Science Department In-Service Meeting, Environmental Learning Center at Crooked Creek Park, January 2004. Interactive Sessions: Demonstration of Inquiry-Based Teaching - Identification and Classification of Insects. Indiana University of Pennsylvania Biology Department Seminar, April 2003 The Effect of Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Malacasoma americanum) Infestation on Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea) Selection of Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) as a Host Tree. Science Education Presentations (Students)Tammy Moberly and Holly Travis, April 2016, The Effect of Student Teaching Experience on Student Learning, IUP Undergraduate Scholars Forum, April 2016. Best Poster Award, COEET.
Erin Janetski and Holly Travis, March 2016. Assessing the Impact of Citizen Science Project Participation on Science Attitude and Literacy. 3rd Life Discovery-Doing Science Conference, Baltimore MD. Allyson Becker, Dr. Holly Travis and Dr. Anne Simmons, April 2015. Tenth Grade Biology: An Analysis of Student Learning, IUP Undergraduate Forum and Commonwealth of PA University Biologists Annual Meeting Daniel G. Cordek and Dr. Holly J. Travis, April 2015. A unit on the cell cycle and mitosis in inclusive classrooms with 10th grade biology students. IUP Undergraduate Forum and Commonwealth of PA University Biologists Annual Meeting Kara Kovach and Dr. Holly Travis, April 2015. Analysis of Learning Style Groups in an Eighth Grade Science Classroom, IUP Undergraduate Forum and Commonwealth of PA University Biologists Annual Meeting Lisa O. Lindsay and Dr. Holly Travis, April 2015. Analysis of Physical Active Learning in an 8th Grade Environmental Science Class, Commonwealth of PA University Biologists Annual Meeting Laura DeLozier, Biology Education, Dr. Holly Travis and Dr. Anne Simmons, April 2014, Evaluating the Use of Chapter Packets in a Tenth Grade Biology Classroom, Student Teaching Work Sample, IUP Undergraduate Forum Samantha Thompson, Biology Education, and Dr. Holly Travis, April 2014, Assessment of Learning in Biology, IUP Undergraduate Forum Elizabeth Patterson, Biology Education; and Dr. Holly Travis, April 2014, Analysis of Student Learning in a 9th Grade Science Classroom IUP Undergraduate Forum Catherine Krygeris, Dr. Anne E. Simmons and Dr. Holly Travis, April 2014, Assessment of eighth grade environmental science students’ understanding of terrestrial biomes, IUP Undergraduate Forum Amelia Crocker, Biology Education and Dr. Holly Travis, December 2013, Statistical Analysis of Learning in a 9th Grade Classroom, PSTA Annual Meeting, State College, PA. Laura Sweeney, Biology Education and Dr. Holly Travis, December 2013, Verifying Positive Impact on 9th Grade Biology Student Learning, PSTA Annual Meeting, State College, PA. |
Green Roof and Plant PublicationsLord, T. L. and Travis, H. J., 2006. Ferns and Fern Allies of Pennsylvania. Pinelands Press, Pemberton, N.J.
Travis, H. J., 2005. The Effect of Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Malacasoma americanum) Infestation on Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea) Selection of Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) as a Host Tree. The American Midland Naturalist, 153(2), 270-275. Green Roof Presentations (Students)Jessica Vallee-Vasquez and Holly Travis, April 2016. Lotus cornicutlatus, Eutrochium fistulosum, and Echinacea purpurea on a Green Roof Setting, IUP Undergraduate Scholars Forum and Women in STEM poster session.
Cody Stewart and Holly Travis, December 2015 and April 2016. Native Pennsylvania Plants in a Green Roof Setting: Evaluating Germination and Survival of Four Species. 2015 Student Symposium on the Environment, Slippery Rock, PA and 2016 Undergraduate Scholars Forum, IUP. Cassandra Krul and Holly Travis, April 2015. Exploring Native Pennsylvania Plant Species as Candidates for a Green Roof, IUP Undergraduate Forum and Commonwealth of PA University Biologists Annual Meeting. Cody Stewart and Holly Travis, April 2015. Native Pennsylvania Plants in a Green Roof Setting: Evaluating Germination and Survival of Three Species, IUP Undergraduate Forum and Commonwealth of PA University Biologists Annual Meeting Dylan Hiles and Holly Travis, April 2015. Survival and Growth of Naturally Occurring Plants on a Green Roof in Western Pennsylvania. IUP Undergraduate Forum and Commonwealth of PA University Biologists Annual Meeting |
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