How Do Population Shifts Affect the Ecosystem?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

Why Are Flowers So Different?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

Evaluating Lessons for Sensemaking Using the NSTA Sensemaking Tool

Professional Learning Unit | September 2022

The NSTA Sensemaking Tool (adapted from the research-based NGSS Lesson Screener) is designed to help educators be critical consumers of curricular materials as well as create and/or revise science lessons to reflect the…

Draw a Scientist

Journal Article | October 2018

Where Does Oil Come From?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an important fossil fuel used by humans. The probe is designed to reveal how students trace oil back to its original source of material.

The Meaning Beyond the Words

Professional Learning Unit | June 2021

Recent research on race, language, and culture are working to re-shape science teaching and learning. As educators, how we say things can have an enormous impact on students’ sense of belonging. This Professional…

Apple on a Desk

Lesson Plan | December 2022

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.

Warming Water

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think cold things can have energy.