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Journal Article

Why Does the Moon Look Like That Again?

By Rebecca Katsh-Singer and Chris Rogers

Middle School Assessment Astronomy Earth & Space Science

Journal Article

Collaborative Assessments

By Helen Bremert, Amy Stoff, and Sarah B. Boesdorfer

High School Assessment Inclusion Teaching Strategies

Lesson Plan

How Do Technologies Change?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how technologies change. The probe is designed to see if students are aware ...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Assessment Engineering STEM

Lesson Plan

Block Diagrams

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about block diagrams. The probe is designed to examine how students interpret a bl...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Assessment Engineering STEM

Lesson Plan

Technology, System, or Both?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about technological systems. The probe is designed to determine if students are ab...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Assessment Engineering STEM

Lesson Plan

Systems Within Systems

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about technological systems. The probe is designed to determine the extent to whic...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Assessment Engineering STEM

Lesson Plan

Is It Food for Plants?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the product of photosynthesis. The probe is designed to reveal (1) whether s...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Life Science

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Can It Reflect Light?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about reflection. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Apple in the Dark

Imagine you are sitting at a table with a red apple in front of you. Your friend closes the door and turns off all the lights. It is totally dark in t...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Physical Science

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Birthday Candles

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how we see objects. The probe is designed to find out if students know that ...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Ice Cubes in a Bag

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter (or mass). The probe is designed to reveal whether st...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Lemonade

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students thi...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Physical Science

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Cookie Crumbles

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students thi...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Physical Science

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Seedlings in a Jar

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter in a closed system after a transformation of matter f...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Physical Science

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