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This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about matter and energy and is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the similarities and d...
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This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about energy and chemical bonds and is designed to find out how students think about the release ...
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This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. It is designed to reveal whether students recognize that whenever there...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recogni...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy and is designed to reveal how students think about insula...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal energy. The probe is designed to reveal whether students distinguish...
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Rainwater Analysis, Grade 5: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book Sample)
What if you could challenge your fifth graders to design rainwater recycling systems to provide water for a fictional community garden? With this volu...
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Have you been wanting to probe your students’ thinking about major concepts in matter and energy? Have you been wishing for formative assessment too...
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Supporting Emergent Multilingual Learners in Science, Grades 7–12 (Book Sample)
Many middle and high school teachers are educated to teach science content—they don’t anticipate that one day they may be teaching it to students ...
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Radioactivity, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School (Book Sample)
What if you could challenge your 11th graders to figure out the best response to a partial meltdown at a nuclear reactor in fictional Gammatown, USA? ...
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A Head Start on Science, Second Edition: Encouraging a Sense of Wonder (Book Sample)
Imagine what fun it could be for 3- to 7-year-olds to engage in a game of Prism Play or Magnetic Scavenger Hunt or Where Did the Shadows Go? Then imag...
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Discovery Engineering in Physical Science: Case Studies for Grades 6–12 (Book Sample)
Who knew that gecko feet inspired scientists to develop a stickier adhesive or that cockleburs in dog fur led to the invention of Velcro? Discovery En...
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Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12 (Book Sample)
Get help teaching one of the hottest topics in science with Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12. This nine-session module is written to be pra...
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Never Stop Wondering (Book Sample)
Never stop wondering, never stop questioning. Never stop trying to figure things out. Always keep searching, always keep asking. That’s what ...
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Next Time You See a Bee (Book Sample)
This book will get young readers buzzing about bees! Next Time You See a Bee reveals the big impact these little insects have on the world. It shows h...