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Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

High NCTM Activity - Soil Moisture

This task is from PALS and was previously part of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Soils Unit. Students will write an equation and calculate the amount of moisture in a soil sample. 

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

High NCTM Activity - Soil Temperature

This task from PALS and was previously part of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Soils Unit. Students will calculate percent errors of soil temperature measurements. 

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

High NCTM Activity - Solid PRecipitation

This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Atmosphere Unit. Students will calculate the daily snowfall for a given period of time.

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

High NCTM Activity - Water Temperature

This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Hydrology Unit. Students will calculate average temperatures and percent errors. 

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Middle NCTE Activity - Air Temperature

This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Atmosphere Unit. Students will write two sentences about the previously recorded temperature measurements. 

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Middle NCTE Activity - Rainfall

This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s  Atmosphere Unit. Students will write a paragraph describing the path that a water molecule takes through different clouds. 

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Middle NCTE Activity - Solid Precipitation

This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Atmosphere Unit. Students will write a paragraph as a water molecule that turns into a snowflake.

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Middle NCTE Activity - Water Temperature

This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Hydrology Unit. Students will write the similarities and differences of how water plants and animals respond to the measures water temperature. 

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Middle NCTE Activity - Water pH

This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Hydrology Unit. Students will write a paragraph from the point of a water molecule. 

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Middle NCTM Activity - Air Temperature

This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Atmosphere Unit. Students will calculate the average daily temperature. 

This task includes:  
1. Student Instructions

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