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Digestive System

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the digestive system. The probe is designed to find out whether students realize a main function of the digestive system is to break food down into molecules that can be used b...

By Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel

Middle School Assessment Life Science

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Adaptation

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment. ...

By Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel

Middle School High School Assessment Life Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Learn and Lead on Twitter, August 10, 2021

Explore how Twitter can be a vehicle for your own reflection, collaboration, and learning as well as a way to lead and advocate for science and STEM education by sharing your voice. We invite you to consider registering for more upcoming web ...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education General Science

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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 reveal whether students recognize that only matter is cycled through an ecosystem. ...

By Page Keeley

Middle School High School Assessment Life Science

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Habitat Change

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in response to an environmental ...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Life Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Parker Solar Probe Close Up View of the Sun’s Environment, November 18, 2021

Launched on 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is venturing closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. It is revolutionizing our understanding of the long-standing mysteries of the near-Sun environment. The new science data show new phenom...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Astronomy Chemistry Earth & Space Science Engineering Physics STEM Technology

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