Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Soiled Again
In this task, students will initially work with a lab partner to design and conduct an experiment that determines which earth material(s) would produce the least acidic "acid rain". They will independently write a report.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
5. Technical Quality Info
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Source Mathematics Assessment Project (MAP) by MARS: Shell Center, University of Nottingham & UC Berkeley
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Sorting Functions
In this task, students are asked to match corresponding graphs, equations, tables, and rules.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Scoring Rubric
3. Scored Student Work
4. Unscored Student Work
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Sow Big Habitats
In this task, students will determine what environment sow bugs prefer to live in.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
5. Technical Quality Info
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Speed and Collisions
In this task, students will design and implement an experiment that explores the relationship between speed and collisions.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
5. Technical Quality Info
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Source Mathematics Assessment Project (MAP) by MARS: Shell Center, University of Nottingham & UC Berkeley
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Square
In this task, students must prove that points on a graph are the corners of a square.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Scoring Rubric
3. Scored Student Work
4. Unscored Student Work
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Standard Oil Company
This task assesses students' ability to evaluate the relevance of contextual information for determining the motivations of an author. Students must select two facts from a cartoon made by Udo Keppler in 1904, and explain how they shed light on his depiction of Standard Oil. Students with a strong understanding of contextualization will be able to explain how the company's growing control over the oil industry, and Tarbell's muckraking reports on Standard Oil, may have influenced Keppler's depiction.
Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors.
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Steamboats on Kootenay Lake
In this task, students will explore the context of people living around Kootenay Lake, among other communities around surrounding bodies of water.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Detailed lesson plan, web resources, rubric, activity, photograph
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Source Washington State Classroom- Based Assessments
Subject Health and Physical Education
Grade Level 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Stomp Out Second-Hand Smoke
In Stomp Out Second-Hand Smoke students will use reliable sources to describe negative health effects of second-hand smoke and the regions of the body effected.
This task includes:
- Directions for Administration
- Recommendation for Time Management
- Teacher Worksheet
- Student Worksheet
- Rubrics
- Resourses
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Suburban Ecosystems
In this task, students will examine plant and insect biodiversity and be able to recognize various species as well as compare and contrast species numbers between habitats.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
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Source Mathematics Assessment Project (MAP) by MARS: Shell Center, University of Nottingham & UC Berkeley
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Sugar Prices
In this task, students must examine a graph depicting the weight and price of sugar bags and determine which is the most cost efficient one.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Scoring Rubric
3. Scored Student Work
4. Unscored Student Work
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