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  • Organic Chemistry and Your Cellphone

    Case Study |

  • The Dutch Hunger Winter

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  • Design and Impact of an Undergraduate Civic Science Course

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    An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from Tufts University developed an undergraduate civic science course designed to help students better understand and interpret the broad, sociocultural impacts of science…

  • Messy Data, Real Science

    Journal Article |

    [A] major goal for science education should be to provide all students with the background to systematically investigate issues related to their personal and community priorities. They should be able to frame…

  • Cookie Jar Alarms

    Journal Article |

    This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering.

  • Build a Better Book

    Journal Article |

  • Surveying the Safety Culture of Academic Laboratories

    Journal Article |

    The university traditionally has been the foundation for young adults’ professional development, yet the proclivity toward safety culture has garnered less focus in higher education than in the workforce. A survey of…

  • From the Field: Events and Opportunities, March 23, 2021

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  • Needs of Seeds

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate.

  • Happy Birthday, OSTB!

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  • The Rusty Nails

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    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.

  • Needs of Seeds

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate.

  • Is It a Solid?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about solids. The probe is designed to reveal the macroscopic and/or microscopic properties students use to decide whether a material is a solid.

  • Cells and Size

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the size of cells. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize how small a cell is relative to other things.

  • Nails in a Jar

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during a chemical change (oxidation). The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as rust forms…

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