What’s Inside Our Solar System?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the solar system. The probe is designed to find out if students can distinguish between objects in the solar system and objects outside of the…

How Will The Plant Grow?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

Why Does the Ice Melt Faster?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

Why is the drawing floating?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

Why Do Some Objects Stick to the Refrigerator?

Lesson Plan | July 2020

Why Are The Rusty Patched Bumble Bees Disappearing?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

Why Does it Sizzle?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

Why do we only seem to catch carp?

Lesson Plan | December 2020

Changing Constellations

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about why the constellations change with the seasons. The probe is designed to find out how students use the Earth’s spin and orbit to explain why…

Where Did the Plant Come From?

Lesson Plan | June 2020

What Happens When We Mix Colors?

Lesson Plan | October 2020

Why can't I see the animals?

Lesson Plan | November 2020

Why Don't the Dishes Move?

Lesson Plan | June 2020

Global Warming

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming.