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Song and Poetry, Part 1 In this task, students will research a specific event from the War of 1812 and present the many perspectives in the form of a poem. This task includes: |
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Song and Poetry, Part 2 In this task, students will compare poems on the War of 1812 and revolve discussion around the question, "How can poetry and song help us to understand the significant events, individuals, and perspectives of history?". This task includes: |
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Song and Poetry, Performance Task In this task, students will write a poem or song about the War of 1812 and follow up with an essay that compiles what they've learned throughout the last two lessons. This task includes: |
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Sorting The Sorting task focuses on classification. In this task students will think about why the objects in each bag have been grouped together and will answer ten questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task are three bags, a nail, a balloon, a coin (bag 1: rubber band, plasticine, foam cube; bag 2: metal spoon, magnet, metal paper ring; bag 3: stone, wooden cube, plastic counter) This task is a part of the Living World task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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Sound Chimes The Sound Chimes task allows students to think about and experiment with the high and low notes. Students will answer seven questions. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include bolt chimes (four bolts of different sizes, suspended on a string from a wire frame mounted on a wooden base, bolts decreasing in size from bolt A to bolt D) and a large nail to use as a striker. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Space Address The Space Address task allows students to use an address to match a hierarchy of locations within the universe with their pictures Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include seven pictures. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Space Creatures The Space Creatures task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a flow chart. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are five pictures and a chart 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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Space Game In the Space Game task, students will play a game and think about ways to improve the game. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video, a set of direction cards, a game board, and a set of Red Alert cards. This task is a part of the Evaluating Design and Design Ideas from 1996 by NEMP. |
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Spaced Out The Spaced Out task allows students to look at a diagram of our solar system and demonstrate their knowledge rotation, gravity, and relationship to sun. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a diagram of the solar system. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond 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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Special Days The Special Days task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of special holidays and their significance. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two pictures of differenet holidays. This task is a part of the Culture and Heritage task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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