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River Planning In this task, students will simulate dam construction through an experiment and write about their observations. This task includes: |
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Rivers The Rivers task allows students to investigate rivers and their effect on the land overtime. Students will look a two pictures of a river and answer four questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include two pictures of river. This task is a part of the Plant Earth and Beyond World task series from 2007. 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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Rivers The Rivers task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the uses of natural resources. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities 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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Robbers in the Night The Robbers in the Night task allows students to demonstrate their ability to order pictures to tell a story. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are comic picture cards. This task is a part of the Viewing task series from 1998. 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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Rock Detective The Rock Detective task allows students to identify rocks. Students will describe four rocks and think about where they may have come from. They will be given a list of words used to describe the characteristics of the different rocks and will use a chart to help match the rocks' characteristics to their name. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include rocks (A,B,C,D), a graph, descriptions card, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 2007. 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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Rockefeller This task assesses students’ ability to reason how evidence supports a historical argument. Students must explain how both an excerpt from the influential book of investigative journalist Ida Tarbell critiquing the company practices of Standard Oil Company, as well as a newspaper’s take on the Rockefeller Foundation’s incorporation, both support the conclusion that many Americans were concerned about the growing power of a small number of wealthy businessmen at the dawn of the 20th century. Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment with excerpts, as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors, and links to the original source materials through the Library of Congress' website. |
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Rocks The Rocks task allows students to describe, differentiate and suggest human uses for different rocks. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a hand lens and three rocks (sandstone, greenstone, and pumice). This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Rocks and Charts In this task, students will create a chart that represents rock classifications. This task includes: |
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Rod Balance The Rod Balance task allows students to predict and investigate the center of gravity of a rod and a weighted rod. Students will try to balance a rod on their finger by lining up one of the markers on the rod with their finger. They will answer four prediction and result questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a rod with three markers, three rods with weights in different positions, a rod weighted at one end and markers indicated, a recording book, a whiteboard pen, and a wet paper towel. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 2007. 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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Rodney's Window The Rodney's Window task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of historical change and its consequences. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are three pictures, an instruction card, and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Time, Continuity, and Change 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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