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What Do You Know About Volcanoes and Earthquakes?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plate tectonic features and events. The probe is designed to uncover commonly held misconceptions about volcanoes and earthquakes.
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate.
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The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier…
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Concept maps make connections between ideas apparent, and thus would seem ideally suited to demonstrate learning. Yet, they are not widely used by instructors, particularly in large university classes. In this paper we…
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Freebies and Opportunities From the Field for Science and STEM Teachers, July 5, 2022
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 12, 2020
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The Teaching of the Science of Climate Change
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The Teaching of the Science of Climate Change
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Science Sampler: The Sweet Earth
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This activity compares different kinds of candy to the different types of rocks based on direct observation. A great number of geologic processes either take unimaginable lengths of time to complete, or happen in places…
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Science Instructional Space Safety During Summer Recess
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, June 20, 2023
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