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Cookie Time The Cookie Time task allows students to demonstrate their ability to evaluate decisions, strategies, outcomes, and consequences. Students will look at a series on stills on a computer that tell a story and will then answer questions. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a series of stills on laptop computer and Cookie Time biscuit. This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2008. 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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Cooking The Cooking task allows students to evaluate decisions and consequences through an activity that discusses different cooking methods. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are three pictures. This task is a part of the Technology & Society task series from 2004 by NEMP. |
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Cooking Up a Mystery In Cooking Up a Mystery students will use evidence from the lab and the Internet to identify a criminal suspect in a cooking contest and make safety improvements. This task includes:
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Crane In the Crane task, students will look and a model and explain how it works. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a board with cogs, handles, and drum for string with hook, weight to be lifted on hook. This task is a part of the Knowledge and Understanding from 1996 by NEMP. |
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Designing for a Client The Designing for a Client unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 6 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In Designing for a client students focus on designing and developing a product that meets a client’s specified requirements and time management skills. This unit provides opportunities for students to demonstrate achievement of elements of Level 6 Standards in Design, Creativity and Technology, Personal Learning and Communication. It will also help teachers identify ways in which the Level 6 standards will support students to develop employability skills. |
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Digital Citizenship In the Digital Citizenship task, students will learn about Digital Citizenship and develop responsible on line behaviors through focused awareness raising activities. The project aims at making students aware of their responsibility while working online. Students will understand the term ‘Digital Citizenship’ and what it means in their context. They will learn Digital etiquettes, make conscious efforts to practice them and spread them amongst their friends and family. They will become aware of e-safety by learning about common web threats such as computer viruses (spyware, malware, adware, phishing, & pharming) and web issues such as copy right laws, cyber bullying, and plagiarism. |
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Earth Report The Earth Report unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 4 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In Earth Report students focus on experiments related to day and night and the rotation of the Earth. The assessment task requires them to predict whether it will be day or night in four places around the world and design their own data collection and analysis form. |
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Eel Trap The Eel Trap task allows students to demonstrate their ability to investigate and evaluate design. Students will discuss which parts of an eel trap make it good for catching eels. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities task series from 2008. 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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Egg Beaters The Egg Beaters task allows students to demonstrate their ability to investigate and evaluate design. Students will discuss the different parts of an egg beater and discuss how it works. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is an egg beater. This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2004. 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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Exercising Rats The Exercising Rats task allows students to demonstrate their ability to generate design. Students will design two pieces of equipment to help rats exercise. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer and a workbook. This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities task series from 2008. 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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