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More for Your Money In this task, students will act as an environmental specialist and compare various geographic locations using mathematical knowledge to determine which job location to accept. This task includes: |
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Musical Conversations in Concert In this task, students will create their own musical "conversation" and perform it for the class. This task includes: |
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Mystery Powder - "?" - Embedded Assessment #1 In this task, students will conduct an experiment to determine which two powders make up a mystery compound. This task includes: |
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Mystery Powder - "X and Y" - Embedded Assessment #2 In this task, students will conduct an experiment to determine the identity of two mystery powders. This task includes: |
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Mystery Powder - End of Unit Assessment In this task, students will conduct an experiment to determine the identity of six separate mystery powders. This task includes: |
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Napoleon's Retreat 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 image of The Burning of Moscow is of little use to historians who wish to understand Napoleon's invasion of Russia, because it was produced over 80 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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Ocean Bottom Profile In this task, students will examine and interpret a map of the ocean floor. This task includes: |
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Oil Spill In this task, students will chose an absorbant material to attempt seperating an oil and water mixture. This task includes: |
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Olympic Cycling In this task, students must portray their understanding of the presented data by creating questions and then answering them. This task includes: |
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Opposition to the Philippine-American War This task assesses students’ ability to use evidence to support a historical argument. Students are presented with two documents that provide different perspectives on the war in the Philippines. Students are then asked to explain how each of these disparate accounts supports the same historical conclusion: many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, available for download with the creation of a free account:
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