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  • The Three Dimensions of Teaching and Learning: Capstone

    Professional Learning Course Module |

    The capstone experience provides the opportunity to analyze and reflect on the high-quality science lesson Do Materials Change if they are Crushed? This lesson was selected from The Garbage Unit, part of the fifth-grade…

  • Enrichment for All

    Journal Article |

  • Adaptation

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.

  • Developing the Next Generation of Elementary Science Teachers

    Journal Article |

    This article describes how science educators at a large southeastern university developed specialized science training for elementary preservice teachers (EPSTs) by creating a combination of discipline-specific science…

  • From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 10, 2021

    Reports Article |

  • Functions of Living Things

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about life processes. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that plants and animals share several life functions, even though they are…

  • Cycles in Motion: Visualizing Change With Spatial Thinking

    Blog Post |

  • Making Everyday Phenomena Phenomenal

    Journal Article |

  • Is It Made of Molecules?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about molecules. The probe is designed to uncover whether students recognize that objects, materials, and substances of both a biological and physical…

  • Digging Deeper Into Virtual Learning

    Journal Article |

  • Beach Sand

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about beach formation. It is designed to reveal whether students use concepts of weathering, erosion, and deposition to explain how a beach made up of…

  • Is It Melting?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the physical process of melting. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize melting as a change in state from solid to liquid that…

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