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  • COVID-19: Fortifying Your Personal Finances During the Pandemic

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  • Seedlings in a Jar

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter in a closed system after a transformation of matter from seed to seedling has taken place. The probe is designed to reveal…

  • Is It Matter?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about matter. The probe is designed to reveal the characteristics students use to describe and define matter.

  • Nails in a Jar

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during a chemical change (oxidation). The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as rust forms…

  • How Can Middle School Science Fairs Help Students Meet Science Standards?

    Journal Article |

    Applying best research-based practices

  • How Do Animals Brush Their Teeth?

    Journal Article |

  • Turning Tests Into Tasks

    Journal Article |

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

  • Mapping the impact of the schoolyard on watershed health

    Journal Article |

    Hardware, software, and websites for use in the classroom

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

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  • Reflecting on this week’s Daily Do

    Blog Post |

  • Are Your Lab SOPs in Place for a Safer School Year?

    Blog Post |

  • Comparing Cubes

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about properties of matter. The probe is designed to find out which properties students think will change if the size of an object made from the same…

  • Floating Logs

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about floating and sinking. The probe is designed to find out if students think changing the size of an object affects how it floats.

  • Is It a Plant?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the concept of a plant. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a living thing is considered to be a plant.

  • Where Did the Water Come From?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about condensation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that condensation comes from the water vapor in the air.

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