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  • How our daily lives affect biodiversity

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    Updating Perennial Classroom Favorites

  • Shake A Bush

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  • Integrated Concentration in Science

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    The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) 4-year program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was designed to promote interdisciplinary STEM collaboration in the solution of real-world problems and encourage…

  • Ride the Movies

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    Apply science and engineering practices to design and build an amusement park ride based on a Hollywood film.

  • Thermometer

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal expansion. The probe is designed to find out whether students attribute expansion of the space between molecules to the rise of the liquid…

  • Developing the Next Generation of Elementary Science Teachers

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    National science education documents emphasize new learning outcomes of elementary students; therefore, the preparation of elementary teachers should be revised to meet these challenges. This article describes how…

  • Mixing Water

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature change in a system. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that heat moves from the warm water to the cool water…

  • Warming Water

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think cold things can have energy.

  • Mission to Mars

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  • A Water Wheel Challenge!

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  • Kids Teaching Kids

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  • Can’t Pick It Up?

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  • Understanding Chemical and Physical Changes

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  • Where Did the Water Come From?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about condensation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that condensation comes from the water vapor in the air.

  • From Local to Global

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