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Classifying Water

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Classifying Water

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about elements and compounds. It is designed to find out how students classify a c...

Graphite and Diamonds

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Graphite and Diamonds

Graphite is the material in a pencil tip, and diamonds are precious jewels. They are both made of carbon. This assessment probe is to elicit students�...

Neutral Atoms

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Neutral Atoms

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about neutral atoms. The probe is designed to reveal how students think about the ...

What is a Substance?

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What is a Substance?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about substances. The probe is designed to determine whether students distinguish ...

Will It Form a New Substance?

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Will It Form a New Substance?

When matter changes, sometimes a new substance is formed. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. T...

What Is the Result of a Chemical Change?

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What Is the Result of a Chemical Change?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out whether students recogniz...

What Happens to Atoms During a Chemical Reaction?

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What Happens to Atoms During a Chemical Reaction?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out whether students recogniz...

Is It a Chemical Change?

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Is It a Chemical Change?

Observations provide evidence of a chemical change. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The pro...

Does It Have New Properties?

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Does It Have New Properties?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about changes that result in new properties. The probe is designed to find out whe...

Are They Safe to Eat?

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Are They Safe to Eat?

This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about radiation and is designed to reveal whether students distinguish between something that had...

Radish Seeds

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Radish Seeds

This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about radiation and is designed to reveal how students distinguish between irradiated and radioac...

Describing Energy

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Describing Energy

Energy is difficult to define. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about energy and is designed to reveal how student...

Matter and Energy

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Matter and Energy

This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about matter and energy and is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the similarities and d...

Energy and Chemical Bonds

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Energy and Chemical Bonds

This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about energy and chemical bonds and is designed to find out how students think about the release ...

Hot Soup

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Hot Soup

This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. It is designed to reveal whether students recognize that whenever there...

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