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  • Safety Recommendations for Opening the New School Year

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  • Ice-Cold Lemonade

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

  • Ice-Cold Lemonade

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

  • Freebies for Science Teachers, February 1, 2022

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  • The Tokaimura Accident

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  • Freebies for Science Teachers, October 12, 2021

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  • No Matter If You’re Black or White

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  • The Benign Hamburger

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  • But I'm Too Young!

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  • A Rainbow of Sepia

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  • Warming Water

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think cold things can have energy.

  • As Light Meets Matter

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  • Mirror on the Wall

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about reflection of light. The probe can be used to examine how students use ideas about light to explain how we see objects in a mirror.

  • Thermometer

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal expansion. The probe is designed to find out whether students attribute expansion of the space between molecules to the rise of the liquid…

  • Ice Water

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature in the context of phases of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the temperature of a substance does…

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