All Middle School resources

Journal Article

Wrapping It Up

By Kaitlyn McGlynn and Janey Kelly

Middle School Inclusion Literacy Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

How Can We Use and Interact With Graphs Better? (Data Literacy 101)

By Kristin Hunter-Thomson

Middle School Pre-service Teachers Interdisciplinary Literacy Technology

Journal Article

Visual Literacy

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Literacy Teaching Strategies Technology

Lesson Plan

Force and Motion Ideas

The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possi...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Spaceships

This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies o...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Making Sound

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound...

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, June 22, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Administration Biology Careers Chemistry Curriculum Disabilities Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy Multicultural News Phenomena Physical Science Physics Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

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Will It Form a New Substance?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine wh...

By Page Keeley and Susan Cooper

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Equal and Opposite

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about pairs of forces that fit Newton’s third law. The probe is specifically des...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Ice-Cold Lemonade

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students reco...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Chicken Eggs

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass...

By Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel

Middle School High School Assessment Life Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Using Federal Relief Funding to Support Science Education, July 15, 2021

COVID-19 has affected schools and students across the United States in ways that may not be fullyunderstood for decades. As a result, Congress has mad...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School General Science

Lesson Plan

Digestive System

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the digestive system. The probe is designed to find out whether students rea...

By Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel

Middle School Assessment Life Science

Reports Article

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 15, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool Biology Chemistry Climate Change Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science General Science Inquiry Life Science Mathematics News Physical Science Physics Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

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Adaptation

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think a...

By Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel

Middle School High School Assessment Life Science