-
Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the digestive system. The probe is designed to find out whether students realize a main function of the digestive system is to break food down into…
-
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, September 13, 2022
Reports Article |
-
Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming.
-
Lesson Plan |
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.
-
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, June 25, 2024
Reports Article |
-
Lesson Plan |
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…
-
From the Field: Events and Opportunities, April 6, 2021
Reports Article |
-
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, March 5, 2024
Reports Article |
-
Harboring Hazardous Chemicals and Disposing of Them
Blog Post |
-
Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…
-
Backward Redesign of a Nonmajors’ Biology Course at a Two-Year Technical College
Journal Article |
Gwinnett Technical College (GTC), established in 1984, is the second-largest technical college in Georgia. As a two-year open-access college, GTC and other technical and community colleges are significant in educating…
-
Journal Article |
Learn how to build a summative performance assessment from a standardized test question.
-
The Teaching of the Science of Climate Change
Position Statement |
-
The Teaching of the Science of Climate Change
Position Statement |
-
Freebies for Science Teachers, April 27, 2021
Reports Article |