Why Does Population Size Change?

Lesson Plan | March 2020

What Can I Observe in the Outdoors?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

How Can We Tell What Season It Is?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

Where Does Oil Come From?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an important fossil fuel used by humans. The probe is designed to reveal how students trace oil back to its original source of material.

Why might there be a future without coffee, and can we do anything about it?

Lesson Plan | July 2023

How can we use what we know about weight and thrust to plan a safe and successful model rocket launch?

Lesson Plan | October 2023

Senate Appropriators Release Funding Bill That Rejects Trump Cuts to NSF, NOAA and NASA

Blog Post | January 2026

President Trump Issues Executive Order to Close U. S. Department of Education

Blog Post | March 2025

Global Warming

Lesson Plan | December 2022

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.

How Do We Get Drinking Water From Fog?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

How Can Air Make a Race Car Faster?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

What Is Sensemaking?

Professional Learning Unit | October 2021

Learn to recognize the four critical attributes of sensemaking and how these attributes work together to help ensure all students have access and a strong desire to learn science. 

Sensemaking at a Distance

Blog Post | December 2020

Where Do 'New' Diseases Come From?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

How Can We Land a Payload Safely?

Lesson Plan | May 2020