Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Middle NCTM Activity - Soil Temperature
This task is from PALS and was previously part of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Soils Unit. Students will record the tmeperature of soil samples.
This task includes:
1. Student Instructions
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Middle NCTM Activity - Solid Precipitation
This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Atmosphere Unit. Students will calculate the average amount of snowfall.
This task includes:
1. Student Instructions
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Middle NCTM Activity - Water Temperature
This task is from PALS and was previously part of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Hydrology Unit. Students will calculate the averages and percent errors of a group of measurements of water temperature.
This task includes:
1. Student Instructions
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Middle School NCTE Activity - Budding
This task is from PALS and was previously part of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Land Cover Unit. Students will write a descriptive comparative paragraph.
This task includes:
1. Student Instructions
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Middle School NCTE Activity - Clinometer
This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Earth Systems Unit. Students will write about the similarities and differences between a clinometer and a sundial.
This task includes:
1. Student Instructions
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Middle School NCTE Activity - Compass
This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Earth Systems Unit. Students will write a poem about a compass.
This task includes:
1. Student Instructions
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Middle School NCTE Activity - Densiometer
This task is from PALS and was previously part of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'s Earth Systems Unit. Students will write about a tree at their study site.
This task includes:
1. Student Instructions
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
The Blizzard of 1993
This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Structure of the Earth System. Students must analyze a barograph from a winter storm in 1993.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
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