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Whose Work Is it? The Issue of Plagiarism In this task, students will create a multimedia presentation to give to the class on plagiarism. This task includes: |
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Whose Side is Your God On? In this task, students will explore the relationships between religion and major events throughout history. This task includes: |
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Whose Rules In this task students will make an informed decision on a public issue after researching and discussing different perspectives on this issue. They will then write a paper or make a presentation. This task includes: |
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Whose Parts Do I Have? In this task, students will identify the animal being shown and name body parts. This task is linked with "Mythical Animals" and "Animals Piece by Piece". This task includes: |
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Whose Park Is This? Designing a Youth Oriented Park In this task, students will work in groups to come up with a park design, using geometry to be sure that the space is is being used most efficiently. This task includes: |
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Whose Land Is This? In this task, students will explore the pressure and its consequences on the First Nations territory between 1763 and 1814. This task includes: |
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Whose Friend? The Whose Friend? task allows students to demonstrate their understanding friendship and how to deal with problems. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is an illustration in a task book. This task is a part of the Relationships with Other People task series from 2002. 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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Whose Concern Is It? In this task, students will work in groups to gather and analyze information about multiple viewpoint of public concern. This task includes: |
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Whoops!! The Whoops!! task allows students to demonstrate their ability to complete a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a graph in a recording book. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003. 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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Who Is Your Hero? In this task, students will work in groups to create a multimedia presentation that showcases a historical civil rights leader and how their influence has effected the students' lives today. This task includes: |
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