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High Tech High School

Subject
Engineering, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Engineering 101: Pop-up Book!

In this task, students will explore the various professional fields of engineering and create a pop-up book showcasing their newfound knowledge.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 3 examples
4. Additional Resources: project packet, gallery walk, group section, leanring goals, content topics, required materials, timeline, real world connections.

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Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Erosion

In this task, students will design and conduct and experiment to investigate the question: How does the erosion of sand compare with the erosion of gravel?

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric

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Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Estimating

In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must estimate the mass, volume, and density of various object to assess their ability to make observations. 

This task includes: 
1. Task Description 
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Technical Quality Info

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The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Ethical Dilemmas

In this task, students will explore how to evaluate the negative impacts of the War of 1812 without applying modern values and perspectives. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, detailed lesson plan, web resources, appendices 1-5

Source
Stanford Beyond the Bubble

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Evacuating Japanese Americans

This task assesses students' knowledge of the past—but rather than measure rote recall of decontextualized facts, this assessment requires students to make connections across time and construct an argument about how events are connected.

Students with a strong sense of the past will be able to explain that the bombing at Pearl Harbor made Americans suspicious of Japanese and Japanese-Americans living in the United States, leading them to be imprisoned in camps. Students will also be able to place internment in the historical context of American xenophobia directed at individuals of Asian descent at the time, and explain how both the Gentlemen's Agreement and the internment of Japanese Americans were products of this.

Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment with source materials, as well as the Rubric containing benchmark descriptors.

Source
iEARN Collaboration Centre

Subject
Interdisciplinary, English Language Arts, social studies, Art

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Every Day is Earth Day

In the Every Day is Earth Day task, students will write short essays “Save the Earth” or poems related to this problem. They will take photos, create drawings, videos where they really help to protect the environment.

Source
Stanford Beyond the Bubble

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Explosion of the USS Maine

This task assesses students’ ability to reason how evidence supports a historical argument.  Students must explain how a report by the Naval Court of Inquiry and a San Francisco newspaper article both support the conclusion that confusion pervaded US public thought following the sinking of the USS Maine.

Resources for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors.

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Mathematics

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Family Math

In this task, teachers will work on incorperating the parents in their student's learning process by working on problems together at home. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Video: A teacher reflection about teaching strategies during a night of family math.
3. Additional Resources: Sample activities, sample flyer, about the author, reflections, sample problems.

Source
Bowland Maths (UK)

Subject
Mathematics

Grade Level
6, 7, 8

Fares not Fair

In this task, students must calculate a fair fare increase. 

This task includes: 
1. Task Description 
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Fault Line

In this task, students will use a cardboard model covered in sand to explore what happens with techtonic plates during an earthquake. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work

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