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Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
4

Follow Those Tracks

In this task, students will examine a picture of animal tracks and write a story about what they believe happened.

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

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Formation of Rain

In this task, students will design a model to repreasent the stages leading up to rain. 

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

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Formation of Wind

In this task, students will sequence and describe the steps leading up to wind. 

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

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
4

Fossil Guide

In this task, students must work in groups to create a fossil guide that illustrates and describes twelve fossils. 

This task includes: 
1. Task Description 
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
5

Friction

In this task, students will form a hypothesis and conduct an experiment about the weight of a block and the number of washers it takes underneath to be able to move it across various surfaces. 

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

Source
Stanford Education Assessment Laboratory (SEAL)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
6, 7, 8, 9

Friction

In this task, students will examine friction by determining the amount of force necessary to push an object over various surfaces.

This task includes:
1. Teacher Instructions
2. Student Notebook
3. Scoring Form

Source
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

Friction Force

In this task, students will explore friction force on an object. 

This task includes: 
1. Task Description 
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric

Source
West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning

Subject
Science

Grade Level
1

Get Your Heads In The Clouds!

In this task, students will analyze cloud formations in order to make weather predictions and present their findings. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, evaluations and rubrics, daily exit slip, contracts, charts

Source
West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning

Subject
Science

Grade Level

Go, Score, Win With Physics

In this task, students will create a video that explains the benefit of various sports techniques from a physics perspective. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, activities, checklists, evaluations and rubrics, web resources, guide to managing the process

Source
West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning

Subject
Science

Grade Level

Grandma's Diagnosis

In this task, students will research and present how dialysis affects cellular activity. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, checklists, quiz, lab, evaluations and rubrics, web resources, guide to managing the process

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