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Will I Stay or Will I Leave? In this task, students will act as city planners and gather information to create a presentation on how to address future career growth. This task includes: |
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Windows to the World In this task, students will design part of a building given a set of strict guidelines and preferred shapes by the hiring client. This task includes: |
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Work it Out (Y4) The Work it Out (Y4) task allows students to explain their computational strategies using multiplication cards. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are cards. 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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Work it Out (Y8) The Work it Out (Y8) task allows students to explain their computational strategies using multiplication cards. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are cards. 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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Working with 1, 3, 4, 18 The Working with 1, 3, 4, 18 task allows students to demonstrate their ability to construct number sentences. Students will use the numbers 1, 3, 4, and 18 to complete the number sentences using addition, subtractions, division, multiplication, and fractions. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are four yellow cards (numbered 1, 3, 4, and 18) and three cards with addition and subtraction symbols . This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Xbox Xponential In this task, students will write an exponential function based on Moore's Law and a gaming console. They will further develop calculations through two additional project tasks. This task includes: |
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Yogurt In this task, students must calculate the amount of yogurt produced. This task includes: |
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Yourville In this task, students will create a few housing designs for various clients to choose from in a developing house subdivision. This task includes: |
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Youth Hostel In this task, students must come up with the best room assignments for a Youth Hostel. This task includes: |
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Zoo Train In Zoo Train students will create an addition equation to determine the number of passengers on a train. They will then use division to determine how many train cars are needed to carry all the passengers. This task includes: |
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