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Archive: Science Update: Citizen Science in Your Classrooms, March 10, 2022

Join Darlene Cavalier, Arizona State University/SciStarter, and Tara Cox, National Girls Collaborative Project/SciStarter, to learn about citizen science, a movement that enables people from all walks of life, including your students, to pa...

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Archive: Science Update: State of the Climate, October 14, 2021

What's the latest understanding about whether storms are getting more intense? What about heatwaves? Fires? Droughts? How do we determine how these extremes are - or aren't - related to climate change? And, where can I get authoritative data rel...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Mathematics STEM Technology

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Archive: Science Update: Protecting the Elusive & Endangered Hawaiian False Killer Whale, December 2, 2021

False killer whales live throughout the world, but the ones found in the Hawaiian Archipelago are some of the most-studied—and rarest—marine animals. In this Science Update, learn about this species in general and get to know the main Hawaiian Is...

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Global Warming

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming. ...

By Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel

Middle School High School Assessment Earth & Space Science

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What’s Inside Our Solar System?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the solar system. The probe is designed to find out if students can distinguish between objects in the solar system and objects outside of the solar system and recognize that t...

By Page Keeley and Cary Sneider

Middle School Assessment Earth & Space Science

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The Greenhouse Effect

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the greenhouse effect. The probe is designed to reveal whether students confuse the greenhouse effect with other environmental concerns or lump the concerns together. ...

By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker

Middle School High School Assessment Earth & Space Science

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