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.

Changing Constellations

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about why the constellations change with the seasons. The probe is designed to find out how students use the Earth’s spin and orbit to explain why…

Is It Made of Parts?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s developing ideas about structure in living systems. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that living things are made up of parts.

Chicken Eggs

Lesson Plan | June 2021

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…

Is It A Change?

Journal Article | January 2023

Capitalizing on Student Misconceptions

Journal Article | January 2021

Making C-E-R 'Attractive' for Elementary Teacher Candidates

Journal Article | July 2022

Awards and Recognition Program

Page | March 2020

Awards and Recognition Program Dare to Dream! Have you ever dreamed of yourself as a STAR and seeing your name up in lights? With 17 teacher award programs, your dream could become a reality.  Did you know more than $80,000 in cash and prizes are just waiting…

Is It Food?

Journal Article | October 2021

Promoting Sensemaking

Journal Article | March 2023

What Do You Know About Soil?

Journal Article | July 2022

Learning the Temperature Dependency of Matter by Making Ice Cream

Journal Article | August 2021

How Slow Is Your Parachute?

Journal Article | July 2021

Vibrating Insects

Journal Article | February 2021

Don’t Forget the Demo!

Journal Article | November 2022