This book is comprised of 25 probes - brief, easily administered activities designed to determine your students' thinking on 44 core science topics (grouped by light, sound, matter, gravity, heat and temperature, life science, and Earth and space science). The probes are formative assessment tools to use before you begin teaching a topic or unit. The detailed teacher materials that accompany each probe review science content; give connections to National Science Education Standards and Benchmarks; present developmental considerations; summarize relevant research on learning; and suggest instructional approaches for elementary, middle, and high school students. .

Science grade 1 (2010). Science grade 2 (2010). Science grade 3 (2010). Science grade 4 (2010). Science grade 5 (2010). PB193X1.