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Moonlight

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Moonlight

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about light and the Moon. The probe is designed to find out what students think is t...

Lunar Eclipse

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Lunar Eclipse

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about eclipses. The probe is designed to find out what students think causes a lunar...

Standing on One Foot

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Standing on One Foot

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about weight and pressure. The probe is designed to determine whether students think...

Magnets in Water

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Magnets in Water

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about magnetism. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students be...

Elementary High School Middle School Physical Science Physics Assessment Phenomena

Sugar Water

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Sugar Water

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about dissolving. The probe is designed to find out what students think happens to s...

Chicken Eggs

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Chicken Eggs

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, ...

Adaptation

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Adaptation

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think ani...

Elementary High School Middle School Biology Evolution Assessment

Salt Crystals

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Salt Crystals

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about crystalline solids.The probe is specifically designed to determine how student...

Biological Evolution

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Biological Evolution

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about biological evolution. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguis...

Elementary High School Middle School Biology Evolution Life Science 5E Teaching Strategies

Camping Trip

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Camping Trip

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about the effect of solar radiation on Earth's temperature. The probe is designed to...

Burning Paper

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Burning Paper

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about conservation of matter during combustion. The probe is designed to find out if...

Ice Water

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Ice Water

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about temperature in the context of phases of matter. The probe is designed to find ...

High School Middle School Physical Science Assessment Teaching Strategies

What Is Inquiry?

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What Is Inquiry?

If students develop an understanding of how science inquiry is done and how it contributes to understanding the natural world, they will be better pre...

Animal Behavior

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Animal Behavior

Ethology—the study of animal behavior—combines the observational skills of a natural historian with modern insights from ecologists, geneticists, ...

Homeostasis and Heart Rate

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Homeostasis and Heart Rate

The ultimate function of most physiological processes is to help organisms maintain overall homeostasis, while letting them adapt to changes in intern...

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