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Web Seminar
Archive: Science Update: State of the Climate, October 14, 2021
What's the latest understanding about whether storms are getting more intense? What about heatwaves? Fires? Droughts? How do we determine how these ex...
Journal Article
Expanding Earth Science Learning Through International Collaboration
By Brett Dooley and Walter Smith
Web Seminar
False killer whales live throughout the world, but the ones found in the Hawaiian Archipelago are some of the most-studied—and rarest—marine anima...
Lesson Plan
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 ...
By Page Keeley and Susan Cooper
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contri...
By Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel
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What’s Inside Our Solar System?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the solar system. The probe is designed to find out if students can distingu...
By Page Keeley and Cary Sneider
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the greenhouse effect. The probe is designed to reveal whether students conf...
By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker
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Where Do You Find Earth’s Plates?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s plates. The probe is designed to find out where students think tec...
By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the formation of the Grand Canyon. The probe is designed to find out if stud...
By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker
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What Do You Know About Volcanoes and Earthquakes?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plate tectonic features and events. The probe is designed to uncover commonl...
By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s natural resources. The probe is designed to find out if students c...
By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker