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  • Altered Reality

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  • Qualitative Analysis of Ray Optics in a College Physics Laboratory: A 5E Lesson

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    This paper describes an alternative approach to teaching and learning practices in an undergraduate physics laboratory. The instructor plans and implements the 5E instructional model into the laboratory instruction.…

  • Freebies for Science Teachers, March 16, 2021

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  • Is It “Fitter”?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about natural selection. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret the commonly used phrase “survival of the fittest.”

  • Evolutionary Relationships Argument

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  • Advancing Alloys

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    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…

  • Biological Evolution

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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 distinguish the theory of biological evolution from ideas about the origin of…

  • Adaptation

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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 animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.

  • Adaptation

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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 animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.

  • Is It a Theory?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the nature of science. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish scientific theories from the common use of the word theory and if…

  • Water, River, and Community: Bridging Community, Environment, and Outreach Through a Transdisciplinary Course

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  • Freebies for Science Teachers, February 16, 2021

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  • Picture This!

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  • Why Does Some Food Disappear?

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