Batteries and Bulbs - Mystery Boxes

In this task, students will determine the electrical contents of six mystery boxes. This assessment is the final for the unit. 

This task includes:
1. Teacher Instructions
2. Student Notebook
3. Unit Outline
4. Scoring Form and instructions
5. Computer Simulation: instructions, example, and student notebook

Breadlines in the 1930's

This task assesses students' knowledge of the past—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 past will be able to explain, after analyzing a photograph of a long ‘breadline’ of unemployed Americans, that the Works Progress Administration was established as a federal response to the problem of American unemployment.  Students will also explain that the Wall Street Crash of 1929 precipitated the high unemployment rates in the 1930's, increasing the number of patrons at breadlines and soup kitchens.

Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment with source materials, as well as the Rubric containing benchmark descriptors.

Building Materials

In this task, students will decide which rock type is best to make benches and tables.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Technical Quality Info

Calling All Cell Phones

In this task, students will compare phone services and determine the plan that makes the most financial sense for them and their family. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, survey, PowerPoint, evaluations and rubrics, checklists, cell phone plan webpage, graphs and data, quiz, web resources, guide to managing the process