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Science Formative Assessment, Volume 2: 50 More Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning

A Copublication of Corwin Press and NSTA Press This book shows readers how to use assessment to inform instruction and learning in the science classroom. In the bestselling first volume, Page Keeley shared 75 techniques that help K-12 science teache...

By Page Keeley

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The Early Years: Exploring Systems

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue describes a lesson that connects across several early childhood standards, including engineering design....

Early Childhood Elementary Engineering Crosscutting Concepts

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Formative Assessment Probes: Ice Cubes in a Bag

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses how to uncover children's ideas about open and closed systems....

Elementary Assessment Crosscutting Concepts

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Science 101: How Should We Use the Concept of Systems?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue provides activities to help explain how to teach about systems....

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Methods and Strategies: The Future of Farming

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue describes an integrated, multidisciplinary unit that introduces second-grade students to hydroponic gardening....

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The Early Years: The Building Blocks of Measurement

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue shares an activity in which students can learn about position, size, and amount....

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Formative Assessment Probes: Watermelon and Grape: An Intuitive Rule of Quantity and Proportion

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue shows a formative assessment probe that reveals how strong the "More A - More B" intuitive rule is when students are considering the properties of floating and sinking...

Elementary Assessment Crosscutting Concepts NGSS

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Engineering Encounters: Elephant Trunks and Dolphin Tails

An elephant-trunk design challenge introduces students to engineering for animals....

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