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  • Squirrel Mapper

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    Collaborative science projects you can join.

  • The War Over Water Continues

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    Debates over water allocation help students understand Earth systems.

  • Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, June 13, 2023

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  • Hot and Cold Balloons

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that the mass of a warm gas in a closed system is the same after…

  • A Layered Approach to Scientific Models

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  • Turning the Dial

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about a physical property of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that under the same conditions, boiling point remains the…

  • The Game of Life and Death

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  • Synthesizing Geologic Data Into An Argument for Plate Tectonic Theory

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  • How Do Animals Brush Their Teeth?

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  • Turning Tests Into Tasks

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    Learn how to build a summative performance assessment from a standardized test question.

  • Floating Balloon

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the mass of a gas. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that an uninflated balloon will increase in mass when inflated with a…

  • Sugar Water

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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.

  • Boiling Time and Temperature

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the boiling point of a pure substance. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that the boiling point of a pure substance…

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