What Do Plants Do in the Dark?

Lesson Plan | October 2020

How can we tell if a planet is habitable without visiting that planet?

Lesson Plan | July 2022

Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

Rubber Ducky Helps With Science

Journal Article | August 2021

Providing a Comprehensive Look at Assessment in California

Blog Post | May 2022

AI Meets Three-Dimensional Learning: Guiding Scientific Thinking With New Features of NotebookLM

Blog Post | October 2025

What Is Sensemaking?

Professional Learning Unit | October 2021

Learn to recognize the four critical attributes of sensemaking and how these attributes work together to help ensure all students have access and a strong desire to learn science. 

How Can Properties Help Solve Problems?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

Teaching Climate Change Through Children's Eyes: Author Kottie Christie-Blick on "Too Much Quiet"

Blog Post | December 2025

How Can We Use Data to Predict the Length of a Shadow?

Lesson Plan | April 2021