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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the life cycle of a product. The probe is designed to see how students apply the concept of life cycle analysis to determine the impact of a product on the environment.  ...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Middle School Elementary High School Engineering STEM

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Engineers’ Models

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about different types of models commonly developed by engineers. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that just like scientists, engineers make and use a variet...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Middle School Elementary High School Engineering STEM

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Picking the Best Solution

The purpose of this assessment probe is to provide practice in using a decision matrix. The probe is designed to see if students are able to interpret a decision matrix and to help you determine difficulties they may encounter. ...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Middle School High School Engineering STEM

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Designing With Math and Science

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how science and math are both used in engineering. The probe is designed to get students to think about the various ways science and math are applied to designing a physical st...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Middle School High School Engineering STEM

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Testing for Success

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ initial ideas and attitudes about the procedure that should be followed when testing models to determine if a design solves the problem. The probe is designed to see if students recognize ...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Middle School Elementary High School Engineering STEM

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Making It Better

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about different ways to optimize a design that has been successful in the past, but that still needs improvement. The probe is designed to see if students recognize that there are mu...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Middle School High School Engineering STEM

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Is It Food for Plants?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the product of photosynthesis. The probe is designed to reveal (1) whether students recognize that the food a plant makes is the food it uses and (2) whether students have a bi...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Life Science

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Objects and Temperature

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that non–heat-producing objects exposed to the same ambient conditions will have the same temperatur...

By Page Keeley

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

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Where Did the Water Come From?

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Why Are Plane Designs So Different?

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Web Seminar

Archive: Lab Safety Considerations for Back to School, August 31, 2020

This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview and framing of safety protocols specific for science/STEM laboratory considerations with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor/specialist and Dr. Kevin Doyle of Morris...

Elementary High School Middle School General Science STEM

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Why Do We All Have to Stay Home?

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