NSTA - National Science Teachers Association

Atoms and Cells By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes Average User Rating: The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the smallest parts of living and nonliving things. The probe is designed to determine how students distinguish between cells and atoms in living and nonliving contexts. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the smallest parts of living and nonliving things. The probe is designed to determine how students distinguish between cells and atoms in living and nonliving contexts. [hide full abstract] Member Price: Free Nonmember Price: Free Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes Average User Rating: The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about structures they encounter when they learn about heredity. The probe is designed to reveal students’ ideas about the “parts and wholes” relationship between DNA, genes, and chromosomes. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about structures they encounter when they learn about heredity. The probe is designed to reveal students’ ideas about the “parts and wholes” relationship between DNA, genes, and chromosomes. [hide full abstract] Member Price: $2.79 Nonmember Price: $3.49 Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

The Virus Debate By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes Average User Rating: The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about characteristics of life. Viruses are used as a context to uncover students’ ideas about what determines whether something is considered a living or a nonliving thing. This sample...  [view full summary] The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about characteristics of life. Viruses are used as a context to uncover students’ ideas about what determines whether something is considered a living or a nonliving thing. This sample chapter also includes the Eggs Assessment probe, Table of Contents and Index [hide full abstract] Member Price: Free Nonmember Price: Free Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Which One Will Dry Out Last? By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes Average User Rating: The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about loss of water through cells. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize the relationship between shape, surface area, and volume. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about loss of water through cells. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize the relationship between shape, surface area, and volume. [hide full abstract] Member Price: $2.79 Nonmember Price: $3.49 Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Food Chain Energy By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the flow of energy in a trophic relationship that children are most familiar with—food chains. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that most of the energy is...  [view full summary] The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the flow of energy in a trophic relationship that children are most familiar with—food chains. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that most of the energy is concentrated at the beginning of a food chain (i.e., in the producers) and that some energy is lost to the environment each time it is transferred from one organism to another. [hide full abstract] Member Price: $2.79 Nonmember Price: $3.49 Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Ecosystem Cycles By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes 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 reveal whether students recognize that only matter is cycled through an ecosystem. 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 reveal whether students recognize that only matter is cycled through an ecosystem. [hide full abstract] Member Price: $2.79 Nonmember Price: $3.49 Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Changing Environment By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students hold Lamarckian ideas about individual organisms adapting to changes in the environment. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students hold Lamarckian ideas about individual organisms adapting to changes in the environment. [hide full abstract] Member Price: $2.79 Nonmember Price: $3.49 Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

No More Plants By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes The purpose of this probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the role of plants in a terrestrial ecosystem. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that all the animals depend on plants, whether or not they eat plants. The purpose of this probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the role of plants in a terrestrial ecosystem. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that all the animals depend on plants, whether or not they eat plants. [hide full abstract] Member Price: $2.79 Nonmember Price: $3.49 Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Is It a Consumer? By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about consumers. The probe is designed to see how students interpret the word consumer in a biological context. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about consumers. The probe is designed to see how students interpret the word consumer in a biological context. [hide full abstract] Member Price: $2.79 Nonmember Price: $3.49 Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Light and Dark By: Page Keeley A chapter from Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about when the processes of photosynthesis and respiration occur. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that plants respire continuously. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about when the processes of photosynthesis and respiration occur. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that plants respire continuously. [hide full abstract] Member Price: $2.79 Nonmember Price: $3.49 Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School