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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sexual reproduction. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recogn...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about life cycles. The probe is designed to see if students recognize that the pup...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about structures they encounter when they learn about heredity. The probe is desig...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit ideas about genetic traits. The probe is designed to see if students recognize that some traits, suc...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the cellular makeup of the human body. The probe is designed to see if stud...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about a scientific word they frequently encounter in middle and high school scie...
Class Pack
Wiggling Worms ClassPack: Grades K-5
Using More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks...
Class Pack
Using Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class o...
NSTA Press Book
Once Upon a Life Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
Reading skills and life science come together in this engaging new book for middle school teachers. Once Upon a Life Science Book makes it easy for te...
By Jodi Wheeler-Toppen
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes
Wouldn't it be helpful to know what your students' ideas are about a science concept before launching into a new lesson or unit? Uncovering Student Id...
By Joyce Tugel, Page Keeley
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about biological evolution. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguis...
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 3: Another 25 Formative Assessment Probes
Because you demanded it! Since publication of Volume 1 of this series, thousands of teachers are using these innovative classroom tools to improve stu...
By Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Chad Dorsey