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Division Facts The Division Facts task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of division facts using a computer program. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include a computer program on a laptop and a recording booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra 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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Division Facts The Division Facts task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of division facts through a computer program. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a laptop computer with video recording and an answers sheet. This task is a part of the Number 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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Don't Waste - Create In this task, students will become more conscious about reserving resources through exploring agricultural processes and how to use all of the food product. This task includes: |
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Dot to Dot The Dot to Dot task allows students to demonstrate their ability to draw geometric figures. Students will join dots to draw a right triangle, a rectangle, a square, and a hexagon. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is a ruler. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 2005. 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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Dream Big In this task, students will create their own dream bedroom, coming up with a design and researching the cost. This task includes: |
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Engineering 101: Pop-up Book! In this task, students will explore the various professional fields of engineering and create a pop-up book showcasing their newfound knowledge. This task includes: |
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Equivalents The Equivalents task allows students to demonstrate their ability to convert fractions, decimals, and percentages. In this task students will fill in the empty boxes in a table that shows equivalent fractions, percentages, and decimals. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Equivalents The Equivalents task allows students to demonstrate their ability to convert fractions, decimals, and percentages. In this task students will fill in the empty boxes in a table that shows equivalent fractions, percentages, and decimals. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Number 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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Estimates The Estimates task allows students to demonstrate their measurement sense and number strategy and their ability to estimate and to select and use devices. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are two cards, two calculators, two 250ml marked cups, two pairs of answer sheets, two stop watches, two story books, and two balls. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2009 by NEMP. |
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Estimating In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must estimate the mass, volume, and density of various object to assess their ability to make observations. This task includes: |
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