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Baby Mice

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about heredity. The probe is designed to reveal how students think organisms inher...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Life Science

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Giant Sequoia Tree

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the transformation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether studen...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Life Science

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Plants in the Dark and Light

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plant growth. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize t...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Life Science

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Needs of Seeds

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need...

By Page Keeley

Elementary Assessment Life Science

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Is It a Plant?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the concept of a plant. The probe is designed to find out how students deter...

By Page Keeley

Elementary Assessment Life Science

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Mixing Water

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature change in a system. The probe is designed to find out whether st...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Ice-Cold Lemonade

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students reco...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Chemical Bonds

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical bonds. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret mol...

By Page Keeley

High School Assessment Physical Science

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What’s in the Bubbles?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about particles during a phase change. The probe is designed to find out if studen...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Freezing Ice

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

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Boiling Time and Temperature

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the boiling point of a pure substance. The probe is designed to find out whe...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Turning the Dial

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about a physical property of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether stude...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Solids and Holes

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the density of a solid object. The probe is designed to find out whether stu...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Floating High and Low

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density and buoyancy. The probe is designed to find out how students think a...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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Floating Logs

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about floating and sinking. The probe is designed to find out if students think ch...

By Page Keeley

Middle School Assessment Physical Science

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