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NSTA Press Book
Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6
How do you improve upon perfection? For years, new and experienced elementary school teachers alike have extolled the virtues of Picture-Perfect Scien...
By Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes
Wouldn't it be helpful to know what your students' ideas are about a science concept before launching into a new lesson or unit? Uncovering Student Id...
By Joyce Tugel, Page Keeley
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 3: Another 25 Formative Assessment Probes
Because you demanded it! Since publication of Volume 1 of this series, thousands of teachers are using these innovative classroom tools to improve stu...
By Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Chad Dorsey
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2: 25 More Formative Assessment Probes
If Hollywood filmed this sequel, the studio would call it “Probes II: More Battles Against Misunderstandings.” Like the blockbuster before it, Vol...
By Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Joyce Tugel
NSTA Press Book
More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4
Teachers raved when NSTA Press published Picture-Perfect Science Lessons .* They loved its lively mix of kid-magnet books, Standards-based science co...
By Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan
Book Chapter
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 E...
Book Chapter
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 design...
Journal Article
Scope on the Skies: Ancient Skies
Writing this month’s column is quite literally a once in a millennium opportunity. As the New Year, century, and millennium get underway, many of us...