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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students generally identify forces as pushes and pulls.
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Challenges for Science Teachers in Using Assessment Effectively With Their Students
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Harboring Hazardous Chemicals and Disposing of Them
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 23, 2024
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 25, 2025
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possible answers includes several distracters that are based on learning…
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Science Podcasts in the Classroom
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about why the constellations change with the seasons. The probe is designed to find out how students use the Earth’s spin and orbit to explain why…
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Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of August 7
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about force related to the interaction between inanimate objects. The probe is designed to determine which forces students think act on an object at rest…
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Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of August 14, 2020
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 19, 2024
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, April 29, 2025
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about brainstorming. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students understand the norms of good teamwork during the brainstorming…