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…

What makes muscle proteins so different from other proteins in our body? (Playlist Version)

Lesson Plan | July 2022

What Can You Do with 77 Formative Assessment Probes Columns?

Journal Article | March 2023

Aha! Moments in Sun and Moon Measurements

Journal Article | May 2023

Scientific Literacy in the Post-Truth Era

Journal Article | April 2020

Why Is Our Fruit Turning Brown?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

How do cells know which amino acids go together to make certain proteins? (Playlist Version)

Lesson Plan | July 2022

Future Approaches to Instructional Materials in STEM Education

Blog Post | January 2023

How Can Maps Help Us?

Lesson Plan | July 2020

Is It a Rock? (Version 2)

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an Earth material, rocks. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between humanmade, “rocklike” materials and…

Needs of Seeds

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate.

Why Does it Sizzle?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

How can growing seaweed help mussels?

Lesson Plan | January 2021

How Does a Pandemic Cause Less CO2?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

Why Are the Bones Still Here?

Lesson Plan | April 2020