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Patterns, Puzzles, and the Periodic Table
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Teaching Comprehension in the Digital Age
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the water cycle. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that water goes into the air around us after it evaporates.
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Engineering Your Own Liquid Soap
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Simulating a Wave to Understand Science and Technology
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Data-Driven Science Vlogging for Connected Learning Anywhere
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Give Them the Tools and They Will Explore
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Student-Constructed Weather Instruments Facilitate Scientific Inquiry
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Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the complexity of the scientific process and the value of empirical observations…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about dissolving. The probe is designed to find out what students think happens to sugar when it dissolves in water.
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Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable…
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Undergraduate Student Conceptions of DNA and Their Understanding of Basic Science
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An understanding of basic science is central to student success at the university level, even for students who will never work in scientific fields. Our investigation into students’ understanding of DNA is part of a…
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Learning to Teach with Science Representations
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Promoting Biodiversity Through Urban Greenspaces
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Crosscutting Concepts as Productive Ways of Thinking
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Tips and techniques for creative teaching