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Freebies for Science Teachers, July 6, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

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What Happens When You Bring a Balloon Near Wall

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electrical interactions. The probe is designed to find out how students visu...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

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Mass, Volume, and Density

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students have commonly he...

By Page Keeley and Susan Cooper

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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It's a Small World After All

By Rhoda Goldberg and Jeremy Effinger

Early Childhood Elementary Interdisciplinary Physical Science Teaching Strategies

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Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force Patterns

By Christine Anne Royce

Early Childhood Elementary Literacy Physical Science

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Modeling Magnetism With the Floating Paper Clip

By Sarah Braden, Lauren Barth-Cohen, Sara Gailey, and Tamara Young

Middle School Literacy Physical Science

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The “Magic” of Density

By Jacquelyn J. Mosely and Brooke A. Whitworth

5E Literacy Physical Science Teaching Strategies

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Remote Labs 2.0 to the Rescue

By Rundong Jiang, Chenglu Li, Xudong Huang, Shannon Sung, and Charles Xie

High School Biology Chemistry Inquiry Instructional Materials Labs Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM Technology

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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 possi...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

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Spaceships

This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies o...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

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Making Sound

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound...

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Apple in a Plane

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about force related to the interaction between inanimate objects. The probe is des...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Assessment Physical Science

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Does It Have to Touch?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about types of forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize th...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Assessment Physical Science