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Acid and Base Testing 1 In this task, students will determine which of the given solutions is a base, acid, or neutral. This task includes: |
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Acid and Base Testing 1 - Micro In this task, students will determine which of the given solutions is a base, acid, and neutral. This task includes: |
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Acid and Base Testing 2 In this task, students will plan and conduct an experiment to determine which of the given solutions are a base, acid, and neutral. This task includes: |
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Acid and Base Testing 2 - Micro In this task, students will plan and conduct an experiment to determine which of the given solutions is a base, acid, and neutral. This task includes: |
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Acid and Base Testing 2 - Micro In this task, students will plan and conduct an experiment to determine which of the given solutions is a base, acid, and neutral. This task includes: |
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Acid and Its Effects In this task, students will work in group for a ocuple weeks to determine the effects that acid rain would have on their surroundings. This task includes: |
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Acid or Base The Acid or Base? task allows students to test if five solutions to see if they are acids or bases using litmus paper. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include five small sample cups with solution in each (orange juice, cleaner, vinegar, water, baking soda), a layout sheet, six teaspoons, This task is a part of the Material World task series from 2003. 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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Acids Around the Home The Acids Around the Home task allows students to test and sort household substances by whether they are acids, bases, or neither. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include lemon juice, vinegar, baking soda, orange drink, water, a water jug, five spoons, five spatulas, litmus paper blue & pink, five small containers, paper towels, a results sheet, and an A4 laminated layout sheet. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Addition (Y8) The Addition (Y8) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to add without using a calculator. 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 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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Addition Examples The Addition Examples task allows students to demonstrate their ability to add multiple numbers and multi-digit numbers without a calculator. 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 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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