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Source College Board Advanced Placement Exam Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12	AP Physics C: Mechanics 2011 Free-Response Questions Free-Response Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Score Distributions
Source College Board Advanced Placement Exam Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12	AP Physics C: Mechanics 2012 Free-Response Questions Free-Response Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Score Distributions
Source College Board Advanced Placement Exam Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12	AP Physics C: Mechanics 2013 Free-Response Questions Free-Response Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Score Distributions
Source College Board Advanced Placement Exam Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12	AP Physics C: Mechanics 2014 Free-Response Questions Free-Response Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Score Distributions
Source High Tech High School Subject Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Art, Interdisciplinary Grade Level 12	Analog Flash for Windows In this task, students will create an artistic project that combines various fields as their senior project. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Student Work: 4 examples (pictures) 3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections
Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning Subject Science Grade Level	Blocking Sound In this task, students will work together to experiment with various materials and technology that will prevent sound from traveling through an object. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Additional Resources: Standards, checklists, student contract, survey, student journal, rubrics, web resources, guide to managing the process
Source High Tech High School Subject Science, Interdisciplinary Grade Level 8	Egg Drop In this task, students will explore various physics concepts by creating a device to house an egg that will protect it when dropped from three different heights. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Additional Resources: Rubric, lesson plan, definitions of substances, experimental procedures, data sheet, lab write up, checklist, about the author, learning goals, content topics.
Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning Subject Science Grade Level	Go, Score, Win With Physics In this task, students will create a video that explains the benefit of various sports techniques from a physics perspective. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Additional Resources: Standards, activities, checklists, evaluations and rubrics, web resources, guide to managing the process
Source High Tech High School Subject Mathematics, Multimedia, Interdisciplinary, Science Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12	Graph-It Design In this task, students will use Excel to create an art peice of a historical figure to be presented at exhibition. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Student Work: 1 example 3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflection, student reflection
Source High Tech High School Subject Humanities, Multimedia, Interdisciplinary, Science Grade Level 9	Into the Wild Project In this task, students will appreciate the beauty of nature in the modern world. They will create camping gear using their knowledge of physics and other disciplines and then take these new tools out into the wild for a class camping trip. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, student reflections

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College Board Advanced Placement Exam

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

AP Physics C: Mechanics 2011 Free-Response Questions

Source
College Board Advanced Placement Exam

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

AP Physics C: Mechanics 2012 Free-Response Questions

Source
College Board Advanced Placement Exam

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

AP Physics C: Mechanics 2013 Free-Response Questions

Source
College Board Advanced Placement Exam

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

AP Physics C: Mechanics 2014 Free-Response Questions

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Art, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
12

Analog Flash for Windows

In this task, students will create an artistic project that combines various fields as their senior project.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 4 examples (pictures)
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections

Source
West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning

Subject
Science

Grade Level

Blocking Sound

In this task, students will work together to experiment with various materials and technology that will prevent sound from traveling through an object.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, checklists, student contract, survey, student journal, rubrics, web resources, guide to managing the process

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Science, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
8

Egg Drop

In this task, students will explore various physics concepts by creating a device to house an egg that will protect it when dropped from three different heights.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Rubric, lesson plan, definitions of substances, experimental procedures, data sheet, lab write up, checklist, about the author, learning goals, content topics.

Source
West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning

Subject
Science

Grade Level

Go, Score, Win With Physics

In this task, students will create a video that explains the benefit of various sports techniques from a physics perspective.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, activities, checklists, evaluations and rubrics, web resources, guide to managing the process

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Mathematics, Multimedia, Interdisciplinary, Science

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

Graph-It Design

In this task, students will use Excel to create an art peice of a historical figure to be presented at exhibition.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 1 example
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflection, student reflection

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities, Multimedia, Interdisciplinary, Science

Grade Level
9

Into the Wild Project

In this task, students will appreciate the beauty of nature in the modern world. They will create camping gear using their knowledge of physics and other disciplines and then take these new tools out into the wild for a class camping trip.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, student reflections

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