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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about growth. It can be used to determine whether students recognize that growth o...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about respiration. It is designed to find out whether students recognize respirati...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. It can be used to determine whether students recogniz...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the cycling of matter. It can be used to determine whether students recogniz...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an everyday object in the sky—clouds. It is designed to determine whether ...
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Where Did the Water Come From?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about condensation. It is designed to determine whether students recognize that co...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about precipitation. It is designed to determine whether students understand what ...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seasons. It can be used to determine whether students recognize the effect o...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about light and shadows. It is designed to find out students’ ideas about how sh...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about stars. It is designed to examine students’ ideas about the location of sta...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about solids. It is designed to reveal the macroscopic and/or microscopic properti...
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This engaging lesson simultaneously involves animals, flowers, mathematical patterns, and art. Students will learn to discern between radial symmetry,...
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Calculating the Speed of Sound
Who hasn’t seen a dramatic flash of lightning, only to hear the dramatic “crack” of thunder several seconds later? But why does the thunder reac...
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Exploring the Dynamics of Temperature
Would your students like to take care of a penguin? To be a “penguinsitter,” they would have to know what conditions that bird needs to survive. O...
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Observing the Effects of Acids and Bases
Combining acid/base chemistry, cell biology, and quantitative research methods, this “egg-ceptional” activity promotes a truly interdisciplinary p...