The Case of the Infertile Couple

Journal Article | October 2021

Up To the Moon!

Journal Article | December 2020

Phenomenon-Based Professional Development

Journal Article | March 2021

Exploring the STEM Landscape

Journal Article | June 2021

Can’t Pick It Up?

Journal Article | September 2022

Is It a Rock? (Version 2)

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an Earth material, rocks. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between humanmade, “rocklike” materials and…

Engineering Clean Water

Journal Article | May 2020

Vibrating Insects

Journal Article | February 2021

Shape, Bake, and Grow!

Journal Article | August 2020

Mountaintop Fossil

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…

An Evolution in Teaching Natural Selection

Journal Article | January 2023

Making Sound

Lesson Plan | June 2021

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

Novel Coronavirus

Journal Article | April 2020

In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the…

Q: What Is Energy?

Journal Article | August 2021

Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.