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Challenges for Science Teachers in Using Assessment Effectively With Their Students
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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…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plant growth. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that plants use their stored food to grow in the absence of light.
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…
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School Instructional Space Silica Exposure: Safety Hazards/Risks
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Safer Laboratory Dissection Activities
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Science Education for Middle Level Learners
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Teaching About How Scientists Work—With a Focus on Claims-Evidence-Reasoning
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, May 4, 2021
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Broadening STEM to Include Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Contexts
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Broadening STEM to include agriculture and natural resource management leverages students’ funds of knowledge and supports meaningful STEM learning.
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Integrating Engineering Practices and Career Competencies into Science Classrooms
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A Framework for K-12 Education calls for the integration of engineering design into K-12 science classrooms. This PLU introduces the challenges and opportunities this shift raises. Participants will explore connections…
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, December 1, 2020
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