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  • Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about complete circuits involving lightbulbs. The probe reveals whether students recognize the pathway of electricity in a complete circuit, including…

  • Rolling Marbles

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about circular motion. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that an object will move in a straight line unless acted upon by an…

  • Dropping Balls

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about falling objects. The probe is designed to find out if students think the weight or mass of an object affects how fast it falls.

  • Rainfall

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about precipitation. The probe is designed to determine whether students understand what causes the water in clouds to fall as rain.

  • Where Do Stars Go?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about stars. The probe is designed to examine students’ ideas about the location of stars in the daytime.

  • Genetics for All

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    This paper highlights learning supports associated with genetics lessons that were implemented in a urban high school biology classroom. The supports provided access to science content for ELs, students with IEPs, and…

  • Bringing Clarity to Science Instruction

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  • Globalize Your Classroom

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    Employing global collaboration to develop student communication skills using the water cycle

  • Particulate Matters

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  • Teaching and Learning About Global Climate Change Online

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    Sessions of our laboratory-based physics course have been “meeting” synchronously online instead of on campus due to the pandemic. Shifting to remote instruction prompted us to create online versions of the course. In…

  • A Course-Based Research and Teaching Experience for Science Majors and Preservice Educators

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    We designed a course to provide undergraduate science students and preservice teachers with authentic research and teaching experiences. Teams of students and preservice teachers complete supervised field ecology…

  • Place-Based Education and Community Knowledge Connect Youth to Water Topics

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  • Data-Driven Science Vlogging for Connected Learning Anywhere

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  • STEM Outreach: Traditional vs. Virtual Summer Programming

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  • Peer-Led Team Learning as Educational Tool for First-Year Biology Students

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    This article reports the findings of the Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) model intervention study in an introductory biology course at a Puerto Rican private university. PLTL introduces to the traditional class format an…

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