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UNESCO World Heritage Sites In the UNESCO World Heritage Sites task, students will explore and research the heritage of their country. In the forum, they will present their country and Unesco heritage sites, it's history, the tales about the place, and its meaning in their country's and the world's history. |
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Underground The Underground task allows students to demonstrate knowledge of properties of top soil and clay Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include picture of soil and clay and nine stickers listing soil properties. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Underwater Garden The Underwater Garden task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create an expressive painting from an imaginative idea, showing a variety of shapes, detail, color mixing and spatial effect. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a video recording on a laptop computer, a cur card, paper, paint brushes, a palette, a desk cover, a sponge, white chalk, water, a mixing card, plastic cups, and acrylic paints. This task should be completed in forty-five 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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Unit Wrap-Up: Community and Change and the War of 1812 In this task, students will explore the continuities and changes in the interpretations of the War of 1812 throughout the last two centuries. This task includes: |
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Up and Down The Up and Down task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the factors influencing the price of commodities. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a photo. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities 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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Up and Down, Round and Round The Up and Down, Round and Round task allows students to demonstrate their ability to match music heard and read. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are audio tracks on a laptop computer and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating 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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Useful Machines In the Useful Machine task,students will look at a picture of an old and a new washing machine, describe the differences, and describe the effect these had on people's lives. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two photos of washing machines. This task is a part of the Knowledge and Understanding from 1996 by NEMP. |
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Vege Peelings The Vege Peelings task allows students to evaluate and justify different approaches to organic waste disposal. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a video showing four ways to dispose of vegetable peelings and four photos. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Vertical Jump The Vertical Jump task allows students to demonstrate their jumping skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are four bibs. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts and Motor Skills task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Very Tall and Very Small The Very Tall and Very Small task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a folding meter ruler, a result sheet, and spoken instructions. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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