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  • 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…

  • Floating Logs

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out if students think changing the size of an object affects its density.

  • Darkness at Night

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    The purpose of this probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the day/night cycle. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the Earth’s rotation is responsible for the day/night cycle.

  • Emmy's Moon and Stars

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the relative position of common objects seen in the sky. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize how far away the stars are in…

  • Biological Evolution

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about biological evolution. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish the theory of biological evolution from ideas about the origin of…

  • Camping Trip

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about the effect of solar radiation on Earth's temperature. The probe is designed to find out whether students realize the Earth continues to cool after…

  • Burning Paper

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about conservation of matter during combustion. The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as paper burns inside a closed…

  • 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…

  • Cultivating Connections Across the STEM Learning Landscape

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  • Identi-Beads and Identi-Badges as Strategies to Encourage STEM Identity Work

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  • Expanding Earth Science Learning Through International Collaboration

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  • Guest Editorial: A Critical Review of the National Academies’ 2021 Call to Action

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  • A Socially-Just Science Classroom

    Journal Article |

  • Identifying Forces

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  • Teaching the Periodic Table

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