Source Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Rods and Triangles
In this task, students must calculate how many and what kinds of triangles are possible to make out of various sizes of rods.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task
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Source Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 6, 7, 8 |
Royal Liver Clock
In this task, students must estimate how many people can sit around two clock faces.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Scale Model of the Solar System
In This task (in PALM and in PALS), students must create a scale model of the solar system with the given table of planetary distances.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
5. Technical Quality Info
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Source Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Security Camera
In this task, students must decide on the most optimum location in a store to put a security camera.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Slave Quarters
This task reveals students' ability to source a document, in order to see both its values and limitations. Students will be able to explain how a photograph of former slave quarters provides some evidence of the living conditions of slaves. They will also observe how the fact that the photograph was taken decades after the abolition of slavery limits its usefulness as evidence of antebellum living conditions.
The task includes a range of supplementary materials, many available for download with the creation of a free account:
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Source Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 6, 7 |
Smoothie Box
In this task, students must design a box able to fit twelve of the bottles shown.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Soap, Wood, and Water
This task focuses on the Properties of Matter. Students must decide if two types of soap and wood will float in water by calculating their densities.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
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Source Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 5, 6 |
Soft Drinks
In this task, students must interpret two sets of data regarding soft drinks and determine if a company's claim is accurate.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Sound Box
In this task, students will observe and compare variables of sound boxes.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
5. Technical Quality Info
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Source Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Speedy Santa
In this task, students must calculate the amount of time Santa can spend at each house in order to get to each house in the UK.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task
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