Activating Students' Ideas Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence

FOREWORD ..................................................................................................................................................... ix

PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................................... xi

INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................xv

EXPLORING THE MODEL LESSONS ....................................................................................................... xxvii

MODEL LESSON 1

EXPLORING “MAGNETS IN WATER”.............................................................................1

MODEL LESSON 2

EXPLORING “MARBLE ROLL” ............................................................................................. 8

MODEL LESSON 3

EXPLORING “NEEDS OF SEEDS” .............................................................................15

MODEL LESSON 4

EXPLORING “SINK OR FLOAT?” ............................................................................................. 23

MODEL LESSON 5

EXPLORING “WATERMELON AND GRAPE” ...................... 30

MODEL LESSON 6

EXPLORING “SHADOW SIZE” ....................................................................................... 36

MODEL LESSON 7

EXPLORING “DO THE WAVES

MOVE THE BOAT?” ........................................................................................................................................... 43

MODEL LESSON 8

EXPLORING “BATTERIES,

BULBS, AND WIRES” .................................................................................................................................................49

MODEL LESSON 9

EXPLORING “WHAT IS THE

RESULT OF A CHEMICAL CHANGE?” ........................................................... 56

MODEL LESSON 10

EXPLORING “CAN IT REFLECT LIGHT?” ................................................ 65

MODEL LESSON 11

EXPLORING THE “GRAND CANYON” ..........................................................71

LESSONS LEARNED ...................................................................................................................................... 77

INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................... 83