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Ripeka The Ripeka task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify underlying issues in a story and suggest a remedy for the underlying and consequent problems. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video. This task is a part of the Interaction and Change task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Risk Plan The Risk Plan task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use information to develop a plan. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resources required for this task are a completed risk management plan, a team answer sheet, and two camp brochures. This task is a part of the Thinking About and Using Information 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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Rivers The Rivers task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the uses of natural resources. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities task series from 2001. 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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Rivers The Rivers task allows students to investigate rivers and their effect on the land overtime. Students will look a two pictures of a river and answer four questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include two pictures of river. This task is a part of the Plant Earth and Beyond World task series from 2007. 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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Robbers in the Night The Robbers in the Night task allows students to demonstrate their ability to order pictures to tell a story. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are comic picture cards. This task is a part of the Viewing task series from 1998. 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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Rocks The Rocks task allows students to describe, differentiate and suggest human uses for different rocks. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a hand lens and three rocks (sandstone, greenstone, and pumice). This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Rod Balance The Rod Balance task allows students to predict and investigate the center of gravity of a rod and a weighted rod. Students will try to balance a rod on their finger by lining up one of the markers on the rod with their finger. They will answer four prediction and result questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a rod with three markers, three rods with weights in different positions, a rod weighted at one end and markers indicated, a recording book, a whiteboard pen, and a wet paper towel. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 2007. 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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Rodney's Window The Rodney's Window task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of historical change and its consequences. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are three pictures, an instruction card, and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Time, Continuity, and Change 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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Rods The Rods task allows students to predict and investigate the heat conductivity of different materials, and explain practical applications, Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include five rods, a picture of saucepan, a timer, a mug, a paper towel, water (boiling), and an electric jug. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1999. 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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Room One Winter Sports The Room One Winter Sports task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a bar graph in a recording book. This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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