Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level
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Truth in Advertising
In this task, students will plan a mathematically correct commercial for a phone service provider.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, quizzes, evaluations and rubrics, checklists, resource sheet, storyboard, guide to managing the process
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level
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Try and Catch the Wind
In this task, students will design a new and more efficient turbine energy system that will reduce the environmental footprint placed by modern wind farms.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, web resources, rubrics, checklists, academic prompt, templates
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Source Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 4, 5 |
Tuck Shop
In this task, students must draw graphs and charts to compare two sets of data, and then critique an incorrect conclusion.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Tupac Amaru II
This task assesses students' knowledge of the time period of native resistance to Spanish exploration (1700’s)—but rather than measure rote recall of decontextualized facts, this assessment requires students to make connections across time and construct an argument about how events are connected.
Students with a strong sense of the time period will explain that Túpac Amaru II led a rebellion against the Spanish, who conquered the Inca Empire under the direction of Francisco Pizarro. A strong response to the second question may explain that Amaru’s rebellion destabilized Spanish control over Peru, partially leading to Spain's defeat in the Peruvian War of Independence. Alternatively, students may identify the call for independence enunciated by Amaru during the rebellion as the inspiration and precursor to the Peruvian War of Independence.
Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment with source materials, as well as the Rubric containing benchmark descriptors.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Two Rectangles
In Two Rectangles students will use two different strategies to solve for the area of a rectangle.
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Source Washington State Classroom- Based Assessments
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 11 |
US Foreign Policy
In this task students will evaluate a specific U.S. foreign policy based on an analysis of its causes and effects. They will then write a paper or make a presentation.
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Unions in Paterson, New Jersey
This task gauges students' ability to source and contextualize a document. Students first listen to an excerpt from an interview with Marianna Costa, a union leader from Paterson, New Jersey. Students then analyze four historical facts and determine which ones can help discern whether Costa’s account of union accomplishments is historically reliable.
The task includes a range of supplementary materials, all accessible and available for download with the creation of a free account through the site:
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Science
Grade Level
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Unknown Cleanup in Aisle 5
In this task, students will work together to identify and classify unknown substances in order to come up with a way to transport them.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, web resources, labs, evaluations and rubrics, checklists, guide to managing the process
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Unknown Liquids
In this task, students will design and carry out an experiment to decide which of the two given solutions is more dense.
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 2 |
Up, Up, and Away
In this task, students will create a model of the water cycle after observing the phenomenon of evaporation.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
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