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Daffodils and Tulips In this task, students around the world will plant either tulips of daffodils, record data, and compare when they bloom. This task includes: |
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Dancing Currants The Dancing Currants task allows students to explore and explain the properties of gas. Students will watch what happens when currents are dropped into a glass of lemonade and discuss and record what they observe with their team. They will answer three questions with their team. Resources required for this task include two plastic glasses, a "working together" team guide, lemonade, twelve currants, a team answer sheet, and two sample cups. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 2007. 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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Daytime Astronomy In this task, students will solve location problems by mapping the path the sun takes from sunrise to sunset. This task includes: |
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Daytime, Night Time The Daytime, Night Time task allows students to demonstrate their understanding the relationship between the rotation of the earth relative to the sun and the time of day or night for different locations on the earth. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a globe, a flashlight, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Dead Mouse The task Dead Mouse allows students to identify and explain the application of a lever to shift a heavy object, and choose a suitable arrangement from three options. Students will answer four questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a video and a recording book. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Density In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must conduct an experiment to observe how density will affect an object's ability to float in water. This task includes: |
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Density In this task, students will design and construct a boat out of tin foil to hold as many washers as possible. This task includes: |
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Density and Buoyancy This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Properties of Specific Substances. Students must experiment to analyze why and predict which objects will sink or float in water. This task includes: |
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Density and Buoyancy In this task, students will predict which objects will float in water and explore the reasoning. This task includes: |
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Density of Minerals This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on Properties and Changes in Matter. Students must measure and determine the mass, volume, and density of two mineral samples. This task includes: |
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