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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the surface of Earth. It is designed to find out if students recognize that ...
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Where is Most of the Fresh Water?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the distribution of fresh water. The probe is designed to find out if studen...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about a major freshwater resource, groundwater. The probe is designed to find out ...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the ocean and seas. The probe is designed to reveal whether students use geo...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the ocean’s salinity. This probe is best used with grades 5–12, and is d...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the water cycle. The probe is designed to find out what students think a rep...
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Where Did the Water in the Puddle Go?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about evaporation. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that wa...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about weather predictions. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize...
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In Which Direction Will the Water Swirl?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Coriolis effect, which describes how rotating objects are deflected and ...
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Does the Ocean Influence Our Weather or Climate?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the connection between the oceans and weather and climate. The probe is desi...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about weather versus climate. The probe is designed to find out if students distin...
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Are They Talking About Climate or Weather?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about climate. The probe is designed to find out whether students distinguish betw...
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What Are the Signs of Global Warming?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about signs of global warming. The probe is designed to determine whether students...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s history. The probe is designed to reveal how old students think Ea...
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Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago and also about the nature of their environments. The purpose of this assess...