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Bugs In this task, students will conduct an experiment using sow bugs. This task includes: |
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Building Materials In this task, students will decide which rock type is best to make benches and tables. This task includes: |
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Bunting This task requires students to calculate the amount of material needed to make enough bunting to circle a yard. This task includes: |
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Canada's Reaction to the Outbreak of War: 1914-2001 In this task, students will research Canada's reactions to various wars throughout the last couple centuries. This task includes: |
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Caption Me In this task, students will write captions for fur textiles from the 18th century. This task includes: |
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Cats and Kittens This task requires pupils to work out how many descendants one female cat could produce in 18 months. This task includes: |
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Changing Ramp Heights This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Motions and Forces. Students must determine the relationship and variables between the energy of a rolling ball and the height of a ramp. This task includes: |
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Changing Rocks In this task, students will measure the amounts of erosion on multiple types of "rocks" when shaken in a box. This task includes: |
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Chemical Weathering In this task, students will explore the relationship between water temperature and the speed of a chemical reaction. This task includes: |
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China's Cultural Revolution 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 identify that the poster promotes Maoist teachings and explain that Mao Zedong rose to power during the Chinese Revolution. Strong students will also note that the utter failure of the Great Leap Forward diminished some of Mao’s power and reputation. They will elaborate that this failure contributed to Mao’s initiation of the Cultural Revolution in an attempt to eliminate critics and win back popular support. Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment with source materials, as well as the Rubric containing benchmark descriptors. |
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