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Resource Type: DocumentIs It a Mammal?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Classification, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living ThingsThis formative assessment item uncovers misconception and student ideas about classifications of mammals. It will uncover how st...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions about Day and Night, Seasons
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, World History, Education Theory and Practice and 6 additional..This article describes common misconceptions held by elementary students about the cause of day and night and seasons. The artic...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions about Birds
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Behavior and Communication, Life Sciences, Classification and 4 additional..This article discusses misconceptions about birds (and penguins in particular). It provides tools for formative assessment and i...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Is It a Fossil?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Evolution and Adaptation, Geology & the Dynamic EarthThis formative assessment item is used to uncover students' ideas about fossils before a lesson has begun. Students will determi...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWarm Blankets and Cold Breezes: Misconceptions about Heat and What to Do About Them
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Professional DevelopmentIn this podcast, learn about student misconceptions about heat and activities that target them.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Where are the Volcanoes?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth's ResourcesThis formative assessment item discusses common misconceptions about volcano location around the world. Resources include backgr...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions About Rocks and Minerals
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Properties of Matter, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..This article discusses geologic misconceptions held by teachers and students and provides resources for formative assessment and...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Weather at the North and South Poles
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Heat & Thermodynamics and 3 additional..This formative assessment item is used to uncover student ideas about weather at the North and South Poles. It will help to dete...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions About Plants
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Classification, Career & Technical Ed, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 4 additional..This article describes some common misconceptions that elementary students may have about plants. It also includes suggestions f...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
What to Wear?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Our Solar System and 2 additional..This formative assessment item uncovers student understanding of weather and seasons. It uncovers student ideas about difference...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Where Do Penguins Live?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Classification, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living ThingsThis formative assessment item uncovers students' prior knowledge about the distribution of penguin species throughout the world...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNo Gloom, No Doom: Teaching About Climate Without Scaring Your Students: Podcast Episode 12
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Current Science, Professional Development, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 2 additional..In this podcast, learn how to address climate misconceptions and avoid the fear of climate change by using activities that inspi...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions about Icebergs and Glaciers
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Properties of Matter, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..This article describes some common misconceptions that elementary students may have about icebergs and glaciers (including densi...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions About Fossils and the History of the Polar Regions
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, World History, Education Theory and Practice and 8 additional..This article describes common misconceptions held by elementary students about the history of the polar regions, fossils, and ge...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Glaciers and Rocks
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Geology & the Dynamic EarthThis formative assessment item uncovers students' ideas about glacial erosion and how glaciers transport rocks and other sedimen...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions about Light, Heat, and the Sun
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Nuclear Energy, Our Solar System, Heat & Thermodynamics and 4 additional..This article lists common misconceptions about light, heat, and the sun. It provides formative assessment probes and information...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Melting Icebergs
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Earth's ResourcesThis formative assessment item uncovers student ideas and misconceptions about melting icebergs. It determines if students belie...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions About the Polar Regions: Geography and Mapping
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..This article describes common misconceptions about the Arctic and Antarctica and how to test and teach for student understanding.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions about Mammals
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Classification, Education Theory and Practice, Science and 2 additional..This article lists common misconceptions about mammals. It provides formative assessment probes and information about teaching f...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCorrelation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Curriculum Design, Instructional StrategiesThe concepts that underlie the fourth essential principle of climate literacy ("Climate varies over space and time through both ...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0