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Concept-Based Probes: The Justified List
Journal Article | July 2021
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Lesson Plan | August 2020
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter (or mass). The probe is designed to reveal whether students think matter (or mass) is conserved during a change in state.
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Journal Article | April 2020
The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier…
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Lesson Plan | August 2020
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think matter is conserved when a substance is dissolved in a liquid.
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Case Study | March 2018
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Science That’s Out of This World
Journal Article | June 2020
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Journal Article | March 2020
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Patterns, Puzzles, and the Periodic Table
Journal Article | October 2019
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Lesson Plan | August 2020
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about matter. The probe is designed to reveal the characteristics students use to describe and define matter.
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Lesson Plan | August 2020
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think weight is conserved when a whole object is broken up into small…
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Lesson Plan | August 2020
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter in a closed system after a transformation of matter from seed to seedling has taken place. The probe is designed to reveal…
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Lesson Plan | August 2020
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about a common phenomenon—rusting. The probe is designed to find out what students think happens to the mass of iron nails after a chemical change.
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Lesson Plan | June 2021
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…
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Freebies for Science Teachers, March 30, 2021
Reports Article | March 2021
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The Teaching of Climate Science
Position Statement | June 2020