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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: |
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Fares not Fair In this task, students must calculate a fair fare increase. This task includes: |
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Fence The Fence task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use algebraic reasoning to solve a problem through a fence making activity. Students will complete this task working stations. The resources required for this task are sixteen fence sticks. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra 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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Field of Dreams In this task, students will design a three acre plot of land for youth recreation. This task includes: |
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Fishing Competition (Y8) The Fishing Competition (Y8) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to compare weights. Students will be shown fish on scales and will need to read the weight on the scales to determine the three heaviest fish. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are six pictures of fish on weighing scales. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Flat Shapes The Flat Shapes task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of 3D objects by watching an instructional video and creating a drawing. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a laptop computer with video recording of instructions and example, a bottle with label, a Jaffa packet, a ruler, and a measuring tape. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 2001. 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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Flies at the Barbecue The Flies at the Barbecue task allows students to demonstrate their ability to solve an algebraic word problem. Students will answer questions about flies at a barbecue involving patterns, Nth terms, and addition. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra 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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Floor Tiles The Floor Tiles task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate and estimate areas. Students will be shown a tile and asked how many would be need to cover the area of various rooms. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a square tile, a ruler, and a pencil. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Fraction Problems The Fraction Problems task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate fractions. Students will add and subtract fractions (3rd grade) and multiply and divide fractions (7th grade). Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2009 by NEMP. |
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Fractions The Fractions task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate fractions through a worksheet. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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