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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about living things. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the flow of energy in a trophic relationship that children are most familia...
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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...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students hold Lamarckian...
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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...
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
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think ani...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about biological evolution. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguis...