Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

Objects and Temperature

Lesson Plan | August 2020

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…

Kill the Aliens

Case Study | April 2015

Freebies for Science Teachers, September 14, 2021

Reports Article | September 2021

The Galapagos

Case Study | December 1999

Sealing the Deal

Case Study | July 2008

Is It Melting?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the physical process of melting. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize melting as a change in state from solid to liquid that…

Poor Devils

Case Study | June 2011

As Light Meets Matter

Case Study | May 2002

Watch Your Step

Case Study | August 2002

Dengue and the Landscape

Case Study | August 2011