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Rosie's Girls STEAM Camps

Where can a middle school girl wield a chop saw or welder in one moment, and build her interpersonal and self-advocacy skills in the next? For 20 ye...

By Alison Lamagna

Informal Education Careers STEM

Matter or Not Matter?

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Matter or Not Matter?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the concept of matter. It is designed to understand how students define matt...

Solids, Liquids, and Gases

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Solids, Liquids, and Gases

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the concept of matter. It is designed to find out how students define matter...

What Do You Know About Atoms and Molecules?

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What Do You Know About Atoms and Molecules?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about atoms and molecules. It is designed to reveal commonly held ideas students ...

Atoms and Apples

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Atoms and Apples

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the size (in diameter) of atoms. It is designed to reveal how students use t...

Model of Air Inside a Jar

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Model of Air Inside a Jar

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 ...

What If You Could Remove All the Atoms?

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What If You Could Remove All the Atoms?

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 ...

Do They Have Weight and Take Up Space?

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Do They Have Weight and Take Up Space?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about extensive properties. It is designed to determine whether students recognize...

What Does “Conservation of Matter” Mean?

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What Does “Conservation of Matter” Mean?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the phrase conservation of matter. It is designed to find out how students i...

Salt in Water

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Salt in Water

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the conservation of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students co...

Squished Bread

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Squished Bread

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize a chan...

Mass, Volume, and Density

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Mass, Volume, and Density

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. It is designed to find out whether students have commonly held idea...

Measuring Mass

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Measuring Mass

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mass. It is designed to find out if students understand the difference betwe...

Do They Have the Same Properties?

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Do They Have the Same Properties?

This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about microscopic and macroscopic properties of matter and is designed to find out if students at...

Are They the Same Substance?

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Are They the Same Substance?

This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about characteristic properties of matter. It is designed to find out if students recognize some ...

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