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Skipping Ropes The Skipping Ropes task allows students to demonstrate their skipping skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are a single skipping rope and a long skipping rope. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts & Motor Skills task series from 2006. 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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Skippy The Skippy task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand persuasive techniques. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a Skippy Cornflakes packet. 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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Slave Quarters This task reveals students' ability to source a document, in order to see both its values and limitations. Students will be able to explain how a photograph of former slave quarters provides some evidence of the living conditions of slaves. They will also observe how the fact that the photograph was taken decades after the abolition of slavery limits its usefulness as evidence of antebellum living conditions. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, many available for download with the creation of a free account:
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Sleeping The Sleeping task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a line graph. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resource required for this task. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Slide or Fried? In this task, students will work together to conduct experiments about how dangerous playground equipment can be on a hot day, and present their findings to the Parks and Recreation Commission. This task includes: |
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Slides Away The Slides Away task allows students to investigate the friction of three different material though a hands-on experience. After examining how different materials slide on a wooden board, students will answer five follow up questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a wooden board, a long rubber band, and a wooden block. 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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Small Ball Catch The Small Ball Catch task allows students to demonstrate their catching skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are three small balls, a tray, and a floor plan. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts & Motor Skills task series from 2006. 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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Small Wall Ball Juggle The Small Wall Ball Juggle task allows students to demonstrate their personal movement skills, their physical co-ordination, and their ability to manipulate equipment. Students will complete this task in open space. The resources required for this task are three small balls, a timer, and a line to place on a wall. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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Smiling World The Smiling World task is a global collaboration to promote happiness throughout the world by bringing international smiles to students. Students will create posters and photos promoting smiles, handmade toys with smiles, murals and poetry to bridge the cultural gaps through smiles. There will be an international exhibition that includes all the photos and posters and will be made public with the help of Mass Media and Internet resources. |
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Smoke Alarm The Smoke Alarm task allows students to demonstrate their fire safety skills. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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