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  • Indoor Air Quality Issues in the Science Instructional Space

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  • Spaceships

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    This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies or television shows in which spaceships turn by banking or using wing…

  • Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 25, 2023

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  • Resources and Perspectives From State Science Leaders

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  • Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 24, 2023

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  • Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, May 30, 2023

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  • Engineering and Nature

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how engineers use designs from nature. The probe is designed to see if students recognize that designs from nature provide creative ideas for…

  • Force and Motion Ideas

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possible answers includes several distracters that are based on learning…

  • What Happens When You Bring a Balloon Near Wall

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electrical interactions. The probe is designed to find out how students visually represent electrical interactions.

  • Changing Constellations

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    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…

  • Grand Canyon

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the formation of the Grand Canyon. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize the role of rivers and flowing water and connect them to…

  • Is Engineering Creative?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about creativity in engineering. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students think that creativity is an important part of…

  • Habitat Change

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in…

  • Mountaintop Fossil

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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…

  • From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 10, 2021

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