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  • Let’s Be Litter Free

    Journal Article |

    Investigating anthropogenic litter in local ecosystems

  • Scientist Circles: Fostering Student Participation and Collaboration in Class Discussions

    Professional Learning Unit |

    Moving students into a circle so they can see and speak directly to each other can transform a quiet classroom into a collaborative discussion space!

  • Is It Food?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food. The probe is designed to find out if students use a scientific definition of food to distinguish food items from nonfood items.

  • Is It a Model?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about models. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that models can take a variety of forms besides physical replicas.

  • Floating Logs

    Lesson Plan |

    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.

  • Lemonade

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think matter is conserved when a substance is dissolved in a liquid.

  • First-Time Conference Attendees Reflect on Experiences in Denver

    Blog Post |

  • Standing On One Foot

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about weight and pressure. The probe is designed to determine whether students think their weight changes when the force exerted per unit area (pressure…

  • Sailing into Engineering

    Journal Article |

  • Decoding the Corn Field

    Journal Article |

  • Fun With Forces and Motion

    Journal Article |

  • Teaching STEM During a Pandemic

    Reports Article |

  • Teaching With Simulations

    Journal Article |

    Teachers use simulations for student motivation, content learning, and engagement in science practices.

  • Who Can Become an Engineer?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about who can become an engineer. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that anyone can become an engineer as long as they study…

  • Biological Evolution

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological evolution. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish the theory of biological evolution from ideas about the origin of…

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