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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Caves and Karst

For Students 5th - 8th
This illustrated tutorial is meant to address student fears and misconceptions about caves, as well as enhance their understanding of cave and karst systems.
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Website
Other

The Virtual Chase: Evaluating Information on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource teaches researchers how to evaluate information that they find on the Internet for accuracy, authority, timeliness, and objectivity. Features include a checklist for evaluating websites, information on common...
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Activity
Burke Museum

Burke Museum: Identifying House Spiders

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Burke Museum's collection of Arachnology comes this site which seeks to correct misconceptions associated with the identification of house spiders.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Political Commercials Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will have the opportunity to analyze political commercials for truths and misconceptions, then make one of their own.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Dividing by One Half

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This task requires students to recognize both "number of groups unknown" (part (a)) and "group size unknown" (part (d)) division problems in the context of a whole number divided by a unit fraction. It also addresses a common...
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Primary
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Chemical Reactions in Action

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This video is a professional development resource that explores student misconceptions about atoms, molecules, and chemical reactions. It also gives some pedagogical approaches for approaching these subjects. [10:12]
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Primary
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center:tis the Season for a Reason

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A professional development video exploring students misconception over the reason for Earth's season. This video addresses a way to help students understand how Earth's orbit contributes to the seasons. [11:56]
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Handout
Other

Game Dev: There Is No Such Thing as Centrifugal Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an exceptional explanation of centripetal force. Explains why the common misconception of a centrifugal force is incorrect.
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Website
Other

Save, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Information and education about suicide and its prevention. Links to facts, misconceptions, Q&As, books, and other articles on the topic.
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Website
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Arms and Armor

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated essay addresses some common misconceptions and answers some frequently asked questions about knights and the armor that they wore.
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Article
Other

Sawac: Who Needs Grasslands?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Southern African Water Crisis addresses some myths and misconceptions of grasslands and explores why the grasslands are so vital for South Africa and the world.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Circular, Satellite, Rotational: Inertia Right Hand Turn

For Students 9th - 10th
Many students of physics do not believe in centripetal/inward forces. Even after completion of a thorough physics course, such students will still incorrectly believe that an object moving in a circle experiences an outward force. Use...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Left Brain vs. Right Brain Myth

For Students 9th - 10th
How did the idea that one side of the brain controls the opposite side of the body come about, and what does it get wrong? Elizabeth Waters looks into this long held misconception.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Marta's Multiplication Error

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This task highlights a common misconception among students deriving the rules for multiplying a number by a power of 10. Aligns with 5.NBT.A.2.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 3.oa Finding the Unknown in a Division Equation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task shows an equation that elicits key misconceptions around equations and division. Aligns with 3.OA.A.4 and CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.4 Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division
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Article
Remedy Health Media

The Body: Fact Sheet:ten Things to Know About Hiv/aids

For Students 9th - 10th
Very good, straightforward facts (as we know it from research) about the HIV virus. Clears up common misconceptions. Original resource from 1998 American Association for World Health.
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Article
Remedy Health Media

The Body: Rumors, Myths and Hoaxes About Hiv and Its Transmission

For Students 9th - 10th
Very good debunking of a variety of misconceptions and myths about the HIV virus. Original resource from 2007 U. S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Nature: The Joy of Pigs

For Students 9th - 10th
Pinks are sometimes dubbed as dirty and unrefined, however these are often misunderstandings. This site attempts to clarify these misconceptions and sheds some light on the true nature of pigs.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Product of Non Zero Rational and Irrational Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this formative assessment task, students are asked to explain how rational and irrational numbers differ and why the product of a non-zero rational number and an irrational number is irrational....
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Size It Up

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a formative assessment task where students are asked to use geometric solids to model each of four tent shapes on a worksheet and use mathematical language to describe them. Samples of student...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Mudslide

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a formative assessment task where learners are asked to first make a mathematical model of a mudslide given the dimensions of the area it covers. They then use an estimate of density to...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Population of Utah

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a formative assessment task where students are asked to estimate the population of Utah based on information given about its population density and the perimeter of its state boundaries. Samples...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: How Many Trees?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this formative assessment task, students are asked to find the density and the estimated number of trees in a forest, given certain parameters. Samples of student responses and possible...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Protein Synthesis Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide on protein synthesis covers key terminology, protein molecules and the genetic code, RNA types and their roles, transcription, translation, and a few misconceptions. It is available for download with free registration.

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