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Sugar Solution The Sugar Solutions task allows students to investigate solubility rate of different forms of sugar, using a fair test, and explain results. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a timer, a packet of raw sugar, a packet of coffee sugar, two 100ml beakers, two stirrers, and water in a jug. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Suli’s Sense In Suli’s Sense, students are asked to explain if Suli's result was a coincidence. This task includes:
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Sun and Temperatures In this task, students will apply their understandings of the relationship between temperature and environment to solve a problem. This task includes: |
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Supa Heroes The Supa Heroes task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and interpret particular features depicted in painting. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Responding to Art 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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Super Frog Beepo The Super Frog Beepo task allows students to demonstrate their ability to complete a line graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are an incomplete graph and a text. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Supermarket Shopping The Supermarket Shopping task allows students to demonstrate their ability to add costs and calculate change. Students will calculate the cost of the items they need to purchase and determine the amount of change they will be given back. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a picture of a supermarket brochure and a calculator. This task is a part of the Measurement 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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Survival In this task, students will decide which material to use for a jacket that will be best suited for a cold and windy climate. This task includes: |
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Sushi The Sushi task allows students to demonstrate their ability to sort and sequence a process. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, a set of eight cards, and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Thinking About and Using Information task series from 2009. 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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Suzy The Suzy task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of relationships and how to help people in bad moods. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Relationships with Other People 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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Sweet Stall The Sweet Stall task allows students to demonstrate their ability to evaluate a visual resource. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Viewing task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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