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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about complete circuits. It is designed to reveal how students think current flows in a circuit. The probe is best used with students in grades 3–8. Make…
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How Do You Think About the Flow of Electric Current Through a Circuit?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electric current. It is designed to identify the mental models students use to explain how electric current flows in a simple circuit. The probe is…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about types of circuits—series and parallel. It is designed to reveal students’ thinking about the effect of circuit configuration on bulb brightness.…
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How Would You Rank the Brightness of the Bulbs?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about different types of circuits. It is designed to find out the reasons students use to rank the brightness of bulbs in three different types of…
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How Does the Current in Each Battery Compare?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about batteries. It is designed to reveal students’ ideas about how the flow of current through a battery is affected by the type of circuit. The probe…
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Does It Matter if the Wire Has Knots?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the flow of electric current through a wire. It is designed to reveal the limitations of analogies students use to explain the flow of electricity…
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Does Electricity Leak From an Outlet?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electricity. It is designed to reveal students’ ideas about how current leaves a wall socket. The probe is best used with middle and high school…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about household (AC) current. The probe is designed to reveal students’ ideas about what happens when a two-pronged plug is placed in an outlet. If a two…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical cells. It is designed to reveal what students think is happening inside a common battery as it gets “used up.” The word weight is used…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electric charge. The probe is designed to determine how fast students think electric charges in a wire move. It is best used with high school…
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Can Magnets Push or Pull Without Touching?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic force. It is designed to find out whether students recognize that magnets can push (repel) or pull (attract) certain objects at a distance…
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Can You Pick It up With a Magnet?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic materials. The probe is designed to find out which types of materials students think interact with magnets and whether they think all…
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Does a Magnet Pick up Any Kind of Metal?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic materials. It is designed to determine whether students recognize that only certain metals interact with magnets. Use a steel fork—not…
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What Happens When You Wrap a Magnet With Aluminum Foil?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic force. It is designed to reveal students’ ideas about how magnetism passes through some materials. Before beginning show students how the…
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What Happens If You Use the Other End of the Magnet?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic interactions. It is designed to find out whether students think the pole of a magnet determines whether it will attract or repel magnetic…
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