Skip to main content
  • From the Field: Events and Opportunities, April 6, 2021

    Reports Article |

  • Apple on a Desk

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about forces. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that balanced forces act on a stationary object.

  • Safety Awareness and Pandemic Learning Loss

    Blog Post |

  • In Memoriam: Uri Haber-Schaim

    Blog Post |

  • Surrounded by Technologies

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ understanding of the word technology. The probe is designed to find out if students are aware that they live in a world composed almost entirely of…

  • Starting to Teach During the Pandemic

    Reports Article |

  • Technology, System, or Both?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about technological systems. The probe is designed to determine if students are able to envision how a system is made up of parts and can do something…

  • Picking the Best Solution

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to provide practice in using a decision matrix. The probe is designed to see if students are able to interpret a decision matrix and to help you determine difficulties they may…

  • From the Field: Events and Opportunities, September 29, 2020

    Reports Article |

  • Systems Within Systems

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about technological systems. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students recognize that all systems are nested within and…

  • Is It “Fitter”?

    Lesson Plan |

    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.”

  • STEM Career Expos Expose Potential Paths

    Reports Article |

Asset 2