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Upside Down, All Around, You Turn Me In this task, students will design a roller coaster using the concept of gravity and Newton's Laws. This task includes: |
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Urban Ecology In this task, students will explore the urban ecosystem and how people are able to interact with nature. This will culminate in students creating a magazine to be presented at exhibition. This task includes: |
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Using the Microscope In this task, students will demonstrate their ability to use a microscope. This task includes: |
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Vampires, Wizards, and Dragons, Oh My: Does Fantasy Literature Have Its Place in a High School? In this task, students will create a multimedia presentation to showcase their findings after researching the literary value of the fantasy genre. This task includes: |
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Velocity This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Motions and Forces. Students must determine the average speed, by using the averages, that a toy car travels for three different distances. This task includes: |
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Vitamin C Testing In this task, students will determine which of three beverages contains the most vitamin C. This task includes: |
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Vive Le Revelucion! In this task, students will combine chemisty, art, and history in a piece depicting their researched revolution. This task includes: |
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Walk On! In this task, students will research a city in West Virginia and create a presentation highlighting it's attributes in order to help bring people back into the state. This task includes: |
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Walking the Halls In this task, students will interview people associated with the school to create a presentation that preserves the stories people have associated with the school. This task includes: |
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Washington Crosses Delaware This task measures students’ ability to source a document. When historians interpret a document, they first look to find out who wrote it and when. This information presents important clues about whether the source provides reliable evidence about the past. This assessment gauges whether students understand an important aspect of sourcing: the time elapsed between when a document was produced, and the event that it depicts. Students who understand the importance of when a document was produced will see that the painting shown in this task is of little use to historians who wish to understand the Battle of Trenton, because it was produced 100 years after the event. 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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