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Balls The Balls task allows students to demonstrate their ability to estimate weights. Students will hold four different balls and then estimate their weights Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are four balls (foam ball, tennis ball, petanque ball, and a cricket ball), and a recording booklet. This task is a part of the Measurements task series from 2005. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Banana The Banana task allows students to demonstrate their ability to sing. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer and a special performance card. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Banjo Boxes The Banjo Boxes task allows students to investigate sound generation and transmission. In this task students students will experiment with a simple, teacher made "banjo box" and answer seven questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a “Banjo box”, colored and brown rubber bands, two pieces of dowel, and a picture. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Bank Account The Bank Account task allows students to demonstrate their ability to relate money transactions to a graph. Students will be shown a bar graph representing the amount of money in a bank account over six days. They will explain what is going on in terms of balances, deposits, and withdrawals. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a graph and a ruler. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Bat and Bounce The Bat and Bounce task allows students to demonstrate their personal movement skills, their physical co-ordination, and their ability to manipulate equipment. Students will complete this task in open space. The resources required for this task are a small bat, a small ball, a timer, and a line to place on a wall. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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Bats (Y4) The Bats (Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use information sources and search processes. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, and a cartoon card. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Batteries The Batteries task allows students to explore circuits and electricity flow through the correct arrangement of batteries in a flashlight. Students also show problem solving skills by determining and testing which batteries are charged and which are flat. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a flashlight, two good batteries labelled A and D, and two flat batteries labelled B and C. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Battle of Chateauguay In this task, students will explore the concepts of identity and continuity and change through exploring how the Battle of Chateauguay helped shape Canadian identity. This task includes: |
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Bay Express The Bay Express task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a train timetable. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a train timetable. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Beach People The Beach People task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of different perspectives on resource use. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resources required for this task are four pictures and two team answer sheets. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities task series from 2009. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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