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Teaching Influences From My Student Years
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The Tuskegee Airmen: Teaching the 4Cs
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about complete circuits involving lightbulbs. The probe reveals whether students recognize the pathway of electricity in a complete circuit, including…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about types of forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that forces can act both in direct contact with an object and at a…
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Surface Tension and Surfactants
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetism. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students believe air is necessary for magnets to work.
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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.
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Spicing Up Your Classroom With Games
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Games allow teachers to interact with their students in a different way than they normally do. They also have the potential to challenge and assess students’ understanding of content. Games allow me to “play” with my…
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Q: How Can I Foster Scientific Literacy in My Students?
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When Is Asking Questions a Science Practice?
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The historically important equations of Newton, Ohm, and Planck
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Building an understanding of physical principles