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Natural Disasters The Natural Disasters task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge in recognizing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and explaining the likely causes. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a video showing an earthquake and a volcanic eruption and a device to play the video on. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Night and Day The Night and Day task allows students to demonstrate and describe what causes night and day. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a flashlight, a world globe, and a polystyrene ball on a stand. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Ocean Journey The Ocean Journey task allows students to learn about navigation methods using observations of the sun, moon, stars, wind patterns, ocean currents, etc. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include two pictures. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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Our Solar System The Our Solar System task allows students to learn about the solar system and answer questions about the moon, sun, Earth, and Mars. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include four pictures (the moon, sun, Earth, and Mars). This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Physical World Questions The Physical World Questions task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge in areas covered by the three multiple choice questions. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1999. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Planet Earth and Beyond The Planet Earth and Beyond task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding about ecological, geological and astronomical phenomena by answering three questions. Students will complete this task working independently. This task requires no resources. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Planets The Planets task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of our solar system by looking at a picture and answering six questions. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include a picture and a recording book. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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Planting Seeds In the Planting Seeds task students will watch a short video and then design an experiment to find out if the amount of water the seeds get makes a difference to how well they grow. The students will be presented with the idea of a fair test before they design their experiment. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video (1 minute long) showing plants growing, empty pots, a choice of planting mixes, choice of seeds, and a jug of water. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1995. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Plants The Plants task focuses on plant identification. Students will match pictures of plants to their names and mark which plants they think are native. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task are eight pictures of plants. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Plants Experiment The Plants Experiment task allows students to explore the growth requirements for plants. Students will begin by making a list of things that help plants to survive and grow. Next, they will design their own experiment to find out if plants do or don't need sunlight to stay healthy. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task are a photo of plants, team instructions, a "working together" guide, and answer sheets. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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