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Popcorn Survey The Popcorn Survey task allows students to demonstrate their ability to plan a popcorn marketing survey. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resources required for this task are individual and team worksheets. This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities task series from 2000 by NEMP. |
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Puppet Make-Up The Puppet Make-Up task allows students to demonstrate their ability to investigate and describe how a hand puppet has been designed and assembled. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a parrot hand puppet. This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2000. 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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Shell Container The Shell Container task allows students to demonstrate their ability to generate and evaluate design.Students will measure a shell and then design a container for it. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are four shells, four rulers, and 4 answer sheets. This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities 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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Space Game In the Space Game task, students will play a game and think about ways to improve the game. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video, a set of direction cards, a game board, and a set of Red Alert cards. This task is a part of the Evaluating Design and Design Ideas from 1996 by NEMP. |
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Sports Bag In the Sports Bag task, students will design a useful sports bag that will hold a variety of specified items. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video showing equipment to be carried in sports bag, a pencil, an answer sheet, and a bag of material samples marked A-G (polar fleece, parka nylon, canvas, cotton rugby knit, polyester;,Oxford nylon;,Microfibre suede crepe). This task is a part of the Design from 1996 by NEMP. |
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Sports Day The Sports Day task allows students to demonstrate their ability to choose an appropriate communications media for different tasks through a computer program. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a program on a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2000 by NEMP. |
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Strawberry Patch The Strawberry Patch task allows students to demonstrate their ability to choose appropriate materials to suit a particular purpose. Students will think about the best way to protect a strawberry garden from birds and will choose from five types of materials to cover the frame with. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are fave types of cover material, six types of fastener, a sample of frame material, a photo, and a plan of a frame. This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities task series from 2000. 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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Taking Care The Taking Care task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of safety rules when using a craft knife, a stove, and a hot glue gun. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are three pictures This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2000 by NEMP. |
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Talking Text The Talking Text task allows students to demonstrate their ability to follow instructions on the computer. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a computer program on a laptop computer and an instruction booklet. This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities task series from 2000. 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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The Crafty Knife The Crafty Knife task allows students to demonstrate their ability to investigate design. Students will explain the purpose of design of different parts of a craft knife. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a craft knife, a cardboard, a cutting block, and a diagram. This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding 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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