From the Field: Events and Opportunities, February 23, 2021

Reports Article | February 2021

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.

NASA’s Universe of Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, September 21, 2021

Reports Article | September 2021

Enhancing Environmental Identity: The Ocean Guardian Project

Journal Article | November 2020

Are They Talking About Climate or Weather?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about climate. The probe is designed to find out whether students distinguish between weather and climate.

Essential Ingredients for a Scientific Consensus: Climate Change Edition

Blog Post | October 2022

Equal and Opposite

Lesson Plan | June 2021

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…

Globalize Your Classroom

Journal Article | October 2019

Employing global collaboration to develop student communication skills using the water cycle

Cookie Jar Alarms

Journal Article | September 2019

This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering.

Turning Tests Into Tasks

Journal Article | February 2019

Learn how to build a summative performance assessment from a standardized test question.