Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Science
Grade Level 2 |
Honey, Where Are My Bees?
In this task, students will work in groups to create a multimedia presentation on the decline of bees and the impact that has on their daily lives.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, web resources, checklists, journal rubrics
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Hooke's Law
This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Motion and Forces. Students must design and test an experiment that focuses on Hooke's Law, which has to do with the relationship between force on a spring and its stretch.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
How Effective is Perspiration at Cooling?
This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Regulation and Behavior. Students must emulate human perspiration by wrapping water filled test tubes in both wet and dry newspapers, and then collect data on the cooling water to discover trends and make predictions.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Human Inheritance
This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Genetics and Molecular Biology and Patterns of Inheritance. Students must use their knowledge of Madelian genetics to answer questions about the occurance of a trait on a family tree.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Hydrated Salt
This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Chemical Reactions. Students must design and test an experiment that will determine an empirical formula for a hydrated salt that will reveal when the moisture has completely left the sodium crystals.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Science
Grade Level
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I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet
In this task, students will create a presentation based on their research of plate tectonics and how they structure our planet.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, labs, activities, web resources, rubrics, guide to managing the process
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Ice Cold
In this task, students will explore how salt effects ice and determine if there are some salts that work better for melting.
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 Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Ice Melting
This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of the Transfer of Energy. Students must design a way to investigate whether various materials can prevent heat gain in frozen water.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Math (PALM), Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 4 |
Identifying Creatures
This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Understandings of Scientific Inquiry. Students must use a classification key about facial properties to identify three creatures.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Identifying Elements
In this task, students will use diffraction glasses to observe differences in light.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
5. Technical Quality Info
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