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  • Exit Tickets

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  • Investigating Land Ethics

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  • Global Warming

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming.

  • Right Under Our Noses

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  • Visual Literacy—the 3Rs or STEAM?

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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.

  • Global Warming

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming.

  • Is It a System?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about systems. The probe is designed to find out whether students can recognize that things with parts that interact or influence each other are systems.

  • What’s the Buzz?

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  • Seedlings in a Jar

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter in a closed system after a transformation of matter from seed to seedling has taken place. The probe is designed to reveal…

  • Revolutionizing Robotics

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  • Some of You Are Smiling Now

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  • Interdisciplinary Lessons on Energy and Entropy

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    This article presents ideas and narratives of an experiment on the concept of energy developed for an honors seminar on energy and a mechanics course. We argue that energy is an idea best taught in an interdisciplinary…

  • First-Year STEM Research Program Facilitates Long-Term Academic Success

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    Retention and student success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) remains a priority for institutions, and low rates of retention in STEM for underrepresented populations continues to be a…

  • Student Agency Through Engineering

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