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Help Your Child Explore Science
Page | April 2020
Help Your Child Explore Science Science is a way of understanding the world, a perspective, and a pattern of thinking that begins in the very earliest years. That is why parental involvement is so important in a child’s science education. Families who explore the world together nurture scientific thinkers and good…
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Models for Developing Explanations of Earth’s Dynamic Plate System
Journal Article | March 2022
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Journal Article | October 2021
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Journal Article | December 2020
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Where Do You Find Earth’s Plates?
Lesson Plan | July 2021
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s plates. The probe is designed to find out where students think tectonic plates are located.
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Synthesizing Geologic Data Into An Argument for Plate Tectonic Theory
Journal Article | March 2020
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Teaching Plate Tectonics to Diverse Students Using the 5E and 5R Instructional Model
Journal Article | September 2022
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Lesson Plan | June 2021
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…
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Debunking Myths of Standards-Based Grading
Journal Article | September 2022
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Journal Article | March 2023
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Using Summary Tables to Support Students’ Explanations of Science Phenomena
Journal Article | November 2022
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Journal Article | January 2023
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Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills
Journal Article | May 2023
Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…
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Journal Article | February 2021
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Journal Article | August 2022