Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 11 |
To Recognize or Not to Recognize, That Is the Question
In this task, students will explore the concept of foreign policy and which countries America has diplomatic relations with.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, Frayer model, learning log, charts, evaluations and rubrics, guide to managing the process
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Source Washington State Classroom- Based Assessments
Subject Health and Physical Education
Grade Level 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Tobacco Times
In Tobacco Times students will identify short-term effects of smoking and smokeless tobacco, determine smoking myths from smoking facts, and identify issues relating to peer pressure.
This task includes:
- Directions for Administration
- Recommendation for Time Management
- Teacher Worksheet
- Student Worksheet
- Rubrics
- Resourses
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Source Washington State Classroom- Based Assessments
Subject Health and Physical Education
Grade Level 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Touring the Systems
In Touring the Systems students will compare components of circulatory, respiratory, digestive, nervous, muscular, skeletal, reproductive and/or endocrine systems to everyday objects.
This task includes:
- Directions for Administration
- Recommendation for Time Management
- Teacher Worksheet
- Student Worksheet
- Rubrics
- Resourses
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 8 |
Toy Story
In this task, students will roleplay as engineers, advertising executives, and authors at a small toy campany. After researching the toy market, students will conduct field studies to help them in creating and marketing a new line of toys. This project will culminate in an exhibition presentation in which the the 8th grade classrooms are converted into toy factories.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, timeline, real world connections, two rubrics, focus group interview handout, sample project, children's book description, advertisement planning sheet, screening questions, project roles, debrief and survey activity
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Traders in the West
This task assesses whether students can source and contextualize a document. Students must first examine an account of the interactions between American traders and Native Americans, then determine which facts can help them evaluate the account's reliability. Strong students will be able to explain how Farnham's vested interest in the event (Fact 2) and in gaining territory for the American flag (Fact 3) may have shaped his telling of the incident.
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 West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 8 |
Travel West Virginia
In this task, students will research attractions and tourist spots in West Virginia that can be visited.
This task includes:
1. Task Descriptions
2. Additional Resources: Standards, web resources, worksheets, team contract, survey, journal, evaluations and rubrics, expense sheet
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 4 |
Tree Study
This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Tools, Trends, and Bias. Students must measure leaves and record and analyze their data in order to formulate questions that could aid in understanding the trends, patterns, and inaccuracies in their measurements.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher 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 |
Triangular Frameworks
In this tasks, students will use multiple mathematical methods to explore how many triangles can be made with a set of predetermined side lengths.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Scoring Rubric
3. Scored Student Work
4. Unscored Student Work
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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 |
Trigonometric Functions
In this task, students will answer three short questions involving sin, cos, and tan.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Scoring Rubric
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Source Washington State Classroom- Based Assessments
Subject Health and Physical Education
Grade Level 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
True Media Message
In True Media Message students will identify false messages in advertisements and explain how they negatively affect a person's social, emotional or physical well-being.
This task includes:
- Directions for Administration
- Recommendation for Time Management
- Teacher Worksheet
- Student Worksheet
- Rubrics
- Resourses
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