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In this session, students engage in a mock scientific conference to demonstrate another aspect of the work of scientists—sharing work with peers and...
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This session provides an opportunity for students to integrate the information they have learned from their research. They create charts or mind maps ...
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This session is about hope. After students learned a great deal about the serious implications of a warming planet, it is important for them to have r...
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This session brings together all that students have learned to provide them with concrete actions they can take to make a difference in their own live...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the concept of matter. It is designed to understand how students define matt...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the concept of matter. It is designed to find out how students define matter...
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What Do You Know About Atoms and Molecules?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about atoms and molecules. It is designed to reveal commonly held ideas students ...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the size (in diameter) of atoms. It is designed to reveal how students use t...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the particle model of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students ...
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What If You Could Remove All the Atoms?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the particle model of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students ...
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Do They Have Weight and Take Up Space?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about extensive properties. It is designed to determine whether students recognize...
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What Does “Conservation of Matter” Mean?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the phrase conservation of matter. It is designed to find out how students i...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the conservation of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students co...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize a chan...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. It is designed to find out whether students have commonly held idea...