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  • 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…

  • The Effect of Science Education Classes on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes About Science

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    This study examined the attitudes toward science of elementary preservice teachers at a large public university in Texas. The study utilized a version of the well-established Test of ScienceRelated Attitudes (TOSRA) to…

  • Student-Driven Citizen Science

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    Investigating marine plastic pollution

  • Come On Feel The Noise

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  • Changing Constellations

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about why the constellations change with the seasons. The probe is designed to find out how students use the Earth’s spin and orbit to explain why…

  • What Happens When You Bring a Balloon Near Wall

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electrical interactions. The probe is designed to find out how students visually represent electrical interactions.

  • Making Science Personal

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    General education college astronomy courses offer instructors both a unique audience and a unique challenge. For many students, such a course may be their first time encountering a stand-alone astronomy class, and it is…

  • The Boxcar Challenge Unit

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  • Science That’s Out of This World

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  • Modifying labs for students with special needs

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  • STREAMing Engineering

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    This column enhances the repertoire of preservice and inservice teachers.

  • Science Sampler: Bushwhacking for Bones

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    An Earthwatch Institute Moose and Wolves Expedition to Isle Royale in Lake Superior was an excellent professional development opportunity in which the author built camaraderie with fellow teachers and created a predator…

  • Neglected Tropical Diseases

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