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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about gravity. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that objects closer to the center of Earth's mass experience the greatest…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about Earth's gravity. The probe is designed as a thought experiment to determine whether students recognize that Earth's gravity pulls falling objects…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about pulleys. The probe is specifically designed to find out whether students think the size of a pulley has an effect on how much easier it is to lift…
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The purpose of the assessment probe is to determine whether students can translate a motion diagram into a graph—a position versus time graph—to represent the motion of a moving object.
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas related to pulleys and mechanical advantage. The probe is specifically designed to investigate student intuition about tension, which is another name for…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about center of mass. The probe is specifically designed to see if students recognize that when an object is balanced on a fulcrum, it does not mean that…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about balancing. The probe is specifically designed to see if students recognize that objects with different weights (or masses) can be balanced using a…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about levers and fulcrums. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students can differentiate between the concept of force and the…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about gears. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students use the concept of gear ratios.
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One of the primary difficulties that students experience in determining the speed of a moving object is differentiating between quantities and changes in quantities. The purpose of this probe is to examine students' use…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to determine whether students recognize that there is a variety of measurement units, described as ratios, that can be used to express average speed, even though some units may…
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It is easy for ecology to degenerate into lists of vocabulary words and isolated concepts, leaving students without an appreciation for the complexity of ecological systems. This chapter is designed to help students…
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This chapter provides an overview of the book that has everything needed to boost students' science and reading skills. Start by learning about the strategies you need in Chapters 2 and 3, and then dive into the 12…
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There are many misconceptions about the urinary system. The misconceptions make it hard for students to understand the critical role of the kidneys. This chapter starts out by having students identify their current…
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Students often believe that classification is an innate system in nature, discovered whole and unchanged by scientists. In this chapter, students will get a brief introduction to how classification has changed over the…
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