Does It Have to Touch?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about types of forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that forces can act both in direct contact with an object and at a…

Hurrah for Teachable Moments

Journal Article | July 2023

Understanding Genetic Drift With Conceptual and Mathematical Models

Journal Article | March 2022

I Will Survive

Journal Article | May 2022

Rider Root Beer

Journal Article | July 2022

The Fram Polar Expedition and Determining Latitude From Stars

Journal Article | March 2023

Seeing is Believing

Journal Article | July 2023

Shaking out Probability

Journal Article | April 2021

Teaching the Science of Honeybees

Reports Article | March 2020

The SAEBL Checklist

Journal Article | August 2020

Formative Assessment of English Language Proficiency in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | September 2020

In a linguistically diverse fourth-grade classroom, students carry out an investigation to answer the lesson question: How are we able to see objects? Working collaboratively in groups, students are given a lidded box…

Just Say No!

Journal Article | March 2020

Habitat Change

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in…

Mountaintop Fossil

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 10, 2021

Reports Article | August 2021