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  • Science in Your Stacks

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  • It's Dark So Early!

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  • Starting to Teach During the Pandemic

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  • Is It “Fitter”?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about natural selection. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret the commonly used phrase “survival of the fittest.”

  • Is the Sun a Star?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…

  • From the Field: Events and Opportunities, March 9, 2021

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  • National Science Teaching Association Celebrates Its 2025 Teacher Awards Honorees

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  • Q: Is It Really Caused by the Bernoulli Effect?

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  • Adaptation

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.

  • Ice-Cold Lemonade

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    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.

  • Ecosystem Cycles

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the transfer of matter and energy in ecosystems. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that only matter is cycled through an…

  • NGSS Lesson Adaptations

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  • Habitat Change

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    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…

  • Classroom Management Strategies

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