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Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Students' Ideas in Science
Formative assessment probes can help teachers find out what students' ideas are before teaching lessons and use the information to adjust instructiona...
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Editor's roundtable: Standard-izing test items (January 2005)
American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061, one of the first organizations to focus on content standards and their role in cur...
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Science Sampler: Assessment for All
There are many ways of assessing students and the work they do, and many ways of getting them ready for those assessments. Special needs students prov...
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Tech Trek: A different phase change
In physical science, we often use water to demonstrate change of state. However, this teacher demonstration will expose students to unfamiliar substan...
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Science Sampler: On the shoulders of giants
To help students understand that what they learn in science class is the product of the hard work of those who have come before them, and to encourage...
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After the Bell: Mapping for geographic awareness -- Part I
Maps and mapping are of great importance in the field of education because mapping concepts are linked to the development of students’ thinking and ...
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Science Sampler: Making an impact -- Shatter cones
In this geology activity, students visited the Beaverhead, Montana site of a meteor impact and mapped the locations of shatter cones, which are geolog...
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Tried and True: Sensations of sound
"The hills are alive with the sound of music," and now your classroom can be too! This series of tried and true activities explore the nature of sound...
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Bands to Books: Connecting Literature to Experimental Design
This interdisciplinary unit of study on the inquiry process and experimental design that seamlessly integrates math, science, and reading using a rubb...