Secondary 4

Formative Assessment Probes


Formative Assessment Probes are designed to be used regularly throughout your courses to help you diagnose student misconceptions before it's "too late".


Each probe is categorized by world and then again by big science idea. A description of each shows you how to use them to inform your teaching.


Please feel free to modify or adapt them to your classes' needs.



Recommend Ideas to me via email with "Formative Assessment Probe Suggestion" in the subject.

Material World

Formative Assessment Prompts - Material World

Living World

Formative Assessment Prompts - Living World

Earth and Space

Formative Assessment Prompts - Earth and Space

Technological World

Formative Assessment Prompts - Technological World

Formative Assessment Lookup Tool

Search Tool - PoL (7-10) spreadsheet