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Grid Plans The Grid Plans task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of different views of a 3D object. Students will be given a model made with multilink cubes and asked to draw its 2D shape from different views. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a model made with multilink cubes. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Heat Retention This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of Heat Transfer. Students must test, measure, and graph their findings to determine which of four substances would be the best as a heat mass. This task includes: |
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Hedgehog The Hedgehog task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of rotation and angles. Students will follow directions to turn a hedgehog clockwise, anti-clockwise, and by degrees to the left and right. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a garden picture with metal washer in the middle, model hedgehog to fit washer, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 2001. 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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Hilbre Island In this task, students must calculate the most favorable time to visit the island. This task includes: |
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Hot Under the Collar In this task, students must convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit. This task includes: |
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Hot and Cold The Hot and Cold task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of temperature changes. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2009. 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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How Far? The How Far? task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of series by filling in a table the shows the kilometers a car will travels with different amounts of fuel. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Algebra and Statistics task series from 2001. 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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How Much Could It Hold? The How Much Could It Hold? task allows students to demonstrate their ability to estimate capacity using typical household items. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are four containers (milk bottle, yogurt pottle, juice packet, medicine container) and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2009. 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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Ice Cream In this task, students must calculate the quantity of ice cream to buy as well as the expected profit. This task includes: |
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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: |
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