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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes

What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a sta...

By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Yet More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching

In the fourth book of this award-winning series, author Richard Konicek-Moran explores 15 new mysteries children and adults encounter in their daily l...

By Richard Konicek-Moran

Elementary Middle School Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

Ecosystem Cycles

Book Chapter

Ecosystem Cycles

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the transfer of matter and energy in ecosystems. The probe is designed to re...

Biology Environmental Science Life Science Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Phenomena

Changing Environment

Book Chapter

Changing Environment

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students hold Lamarckian...

Biology Environmental Science Evolution Life Science Assessment Phenomena

Chrysalis

Book Chapter

Chrysalis

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...

Elementary Middle School Biology Life Science Assessment Phenomena

Force and Motion Ideas

Book Chapter

Force and Motion Ideas

The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students' ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possibl...

Elementary High School Middle School Physical Science Physics Assessment Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning

Crossing the Finish Line

Book Chapter

Crossing the Finish Line

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about comparing motions. The probe is designed to see if students differentiate betw...

Physical Science Physics Assessment Phenomena

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