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Being Healthy In the Being Healthy task, students will discuss what a person needs to be healthy. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Being Healthy The Being Healthy task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of health. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a recording book. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2006. 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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Better Buy The Better Buy task allows students to demonstrate their under standing of cost per unit and identify the best value. Students will determine which box of pebbles is the best value based on cost and weight. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are100g, 50g, and 20g boxes of pebbles. This task is a part of the Measurement 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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Bike Accident The Bike Accident task allows students to demonstrate their ability to present oral interpretations and descriptions of observed events. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video clip. This task is a part of the Oral Descriptions task series from 1996 by NEMP. |
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Bike for Sale The Bike for Sale task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a short advertisement. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task a picture. This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Bikes The Bikes task allows students to demonstrate their ability to investigate and evaluate design. Students will look at a picture of an old bike and answer questions about its design and purpose. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two pictures. This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2004. 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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Bird Battle The Bird Battle task allows students to demonstrate their ability to compose a picture by creating, selecting and assembling shapes, colors and textures in ways that give expressive impact. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task a video recording on a laptop computer, paper, scissors, glue sticks, and base sheets. This task should be completed in forty minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art 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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Bird Beaks The Bird Beaks task focuses on bird beak adaptations. In this task students will use a computer program to select which food items are appropriate for a bird based on its beak. Students will do this food selection for six different birds. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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Bird Mat The Bird Mat task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information in a book. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a book and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information 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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Birds The Birds task allows students to recognize from prior knowledge a selection of birds, define the term "native bird," and identify those that fit in this category. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task are eight pictures of birds. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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