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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about relative distance. The probe is designed to find out if students can appl...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about eclipse phenomena. The probe is designed to determine if students have a men...
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How Long Is a Day on the Moon?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the day-night cycle on the Moon. The probe is designed to find out if stude...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s gravity. The probe is designed to find out how students think g...
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes
What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a sta...
By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider
NSTA Press Book
Connecting With Nature: A Naturalist's Perspective
One of my earliest memories is of a warm day, a field with many grasshoppers, a shallow creek with cold water, and the joy of a day in the hills with ...
By Robert Stebbins
NSTA Press Book
Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Research and Applications
Science teacher educators, curriculum specialists, professional development facilitators, and K–8 teachers are bound to increase their understanding...
By James Jadrich, Crystal Bruxvoort
Book Chapter
Making Thinking Visible: A Method to Encourage Science Writing in Upper Elementary Grades
Writing, in conjunction with other activities such as reading and hands-on experiences, contributes to greater critical thinking, thoughtful considera...
NSTA Press Book
Humans perceive the world by constructing mental models—telling a story, interpreting a map, reading a book. Every way we interact with the world in...
By Steven W. Gilbert
NSTA Press Book
Project Earth Science: Physical Oceanography, Revised 2nd Edition
How well can your students— • Explain why ice floats? • Model ocean currents? • Predict tides? • Describe the proper clean-up of an oi...
By Alfredo L. Aretxabaleta, Gregg R. Brooks, Nancy W. West