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  • From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 1, 2021

    Reports Article |

  • Phases of the Moon

    Journal Article |

    Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions

  • Human Body Basics

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about levels of organization in the human body. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize cells as the basic unit of both structure…

  • Reflecting on This Week’s Daily Do

    Blog Post |

  • The Worms Are Dancing!

    Journal Article |

    An integrated learning experience with preschoolers

  • Wet Jeans

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the water cycle. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that water goes into the air around us after it evaporates.

  • Simulating a Non-Native Invasion

    Journal Article |

  • Arguing About a Chemical Change

    Journal Article |

  • Integrating Engineering Design in Undergraduate Biology Using a Life Science Design Task

    Journal Article |

    This study examines the initial integration of engineering design in an introductory preservice elementary biology content course using a life science design task focused on composting.

  • What’s in the Bubbles?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about particles during a phase change. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the bubbles formed when water boils are the result of…

  • Beach Sand

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about beach formation. It is designed to reveal whether students use concepts of weathering, erosion, and deposition to explain how a beach made up of…

  • Who Does Science?

    Journal Article |

  • Project G.R.O.W.

    Journal Article |

  • Talking Trash

    Journal Article |

  • Developing the Next Generation of Elementary Science Teachers

    Journal Article |

    This article describes how science educators at a large southeastern university developed specialized science training for elementary preservice teachers (EPSTs) by creating a combination of discipline-specific science…

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