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  • Where Does Oil Come From?

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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.

  • Why Does the Ice Melt Faster?

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  • Why Do We All Have to Stay Home?

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

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    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!

  • Respiration

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about respiration. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize respiration as a process that all living things use in order to obtain…

  • Shadow Size

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s ideas about how light interacts with an object to form a shadow. The probe is designed to reveal children’s ideas about the size of a shadow in relation to…

  • A More Thoughtful Approach to Science Assessment

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  • AI Research and Practice

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