All Middle School resources
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about magnetism. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students be...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think ani...
NSTA Press Book
Extreme Science: From Nano to Galactic
Whether we are imagining microbes or mammoths, dinosaurs or diatoms, molecules or stars, people of all ages are fascinated with the very large and the...
By M. Gail Jones, Amy R. Taylor, Michael R. Falvo
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about biological evolution. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguis...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about temperature in the context of phases of matter. The probe is designed to find ...
NSTA Press Book
Reforming Secondary Science Instruction
Science education reform can seem a daunting task to high school science teachers. So, you might ask, why should I be bothered? The answer is that tod...
NSTA Press Book
NSTA Tool Kit for Teaching Evolution
Teaching evolution is part of the core biology curriculum, and this new resource provides a teacher-ready summary of the scientific, legal, and ethica...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
NSTA Press Book
Interpreting Assessment Data: Statistical Techniques You Can Use
Are you properly evaluating the results of the tests you give to students? Can you explain the difference between classroom assessment and standardize...
By Edwin P. Christmann, John L. Badgett
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 3: Another 25 Formative Assessment Probes
Because you demanded it! Since publication of Volume 1 of this series, thousands of teachers are using these innovative classroom tools to improve stu...
By Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Chad Dorsey