Ramp It Up!

Journal Article | February 2019

Preschoolers investigate force and motion with a digital journal.

What’s the Problem?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ initial response to an ill-defined problematic situation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that in a problem situation, there is…

What Happens When You Bring a Balloon Near Wall

Lesson Plan | June 2021

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.

Is the Sun a Star?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…

Safety Awareness and Pandemic Learning Loss

Blog Post | January 2022

Discovering Diversity

Journal Article | March 2020

Is It “Fitter”?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about natural selection. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret the commonly used phrase “survival of the fittest.”

Apple in a Plane

Lesson Plan | June 2021

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…

New Council of State Science Supervisors/Flinn Safety Guides

Blog Post | September 2021

Science/STEM Laboratory Occupancy Load Level: It Is the Law

Blog Post | October 2021