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  • What Happens When You Bring a Balloon Near Wall

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electrical interactions. The probe is designed to find out how students visually represent electrical interactions.

  • What’s Inside Our Solar System?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the solar system. The probe is designed to find out if students can distinguish between objects in the solar system and objects outside of the…

  • Plants in the Dark and Light

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plant growth. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that plants use their stored food to grow in the absence of light.

  • Equal and Opposite

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about pairs of forces that fit Newton’s third law. The probe is specifically designed to reveal whether students can identify third law force pairs as…

  • We have got a Problem to Solve! Now What?

    Professional Learning Unit |

    Science standards based on A Framework for K-12 Science Education require us to provide opportunities for students to learn “how science is utilized, in particular through the engineering design process, and they should…

  • The Soda Can Crusher Challenge

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  • STEM-ify Me: It’s Elementary! Designing Butterfly Wings

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  • Becoming a Critical Consumer of STEM Instructional Materials

    Professional Learning Unit |

    Being a critical consumer of STEM Instructional materials is an important educator goal that boosts STEM career awareness and STEM career skills. 

  • Rotting Apple

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

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