Rotting Apple

by: Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, and Chad Dorsey

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living material as it uses it for energy.

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