Source Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 6, 7, 8 |
Spinner Bingo
In this task, students must come up with a winning strategy to filling out their bingo card.
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 Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 5, 6 |
Sports Bag
In this task, students must design a sports bag and calculate the amount of material needed.
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 |
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 Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Starch and Sugar Testing 2
In this task, students will determine if starch and sugar are present in mixtures.
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 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 West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 6 |
Step Right Up for a Good Cause
In this task, students will plan a Family Fun Night for charity fundraising. This includes concession stand food, activities, layout, and game prizes.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, journal prompt, daily log, worksheet, checklist, guide to managing the process
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Stimulus/Response in Invertebrates
In this task, students will design an experiment that will explore how worm's structures allow them to do what they do.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 6, 7, 8 |
Suli’s Sense
In Suli’s Sense, students are asked to explain if Suli's result was a coincidence.
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Sun and Temperatures
In this task, students will apply their understandings of the relationship between temperature and environment to solve a problem.
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 West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject English Language Arts
Grade Level 6 |
Super Commercials!
In this task, students will channel the Super Bowl in creating, directing, and acting in their own persuasive commercial.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, evaluations and rubrics, web resources, guide to managing the process
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