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You Be the Judge (Mock Trial PBL) In this task, students will role play a court proceeding on a domestic violence case. This task includes: |
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You Be the Author In this task, students will explore what three events they would write into a textbook on the First World War and create an outline to be sent to the publisher. 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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YOUville: Creating a civilization that meets basic needs In this task, students will use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs pyramid to create a civilization through completing four tasks. This task includes: |
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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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X, Y Marks the Spot In this task, students will explore longitudinal and latitudinal lines by creating a treasure map within the school. This task includes: |
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Writing on the Walls In this task, students will study and research the issue of graffiti, exploring its history and modern sociological impact. They will represent their journey through a photo journal. This task includes: |
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Write On The Write On task is focused on developing students' writing skills in four domains of writing: Persuasive, Expository, Narrative and Descriptive. Emphasis is placed on the importance of clear and thoughtful writing. Students are encouraged to share their reflections or reviews on any shared article or book they have read, and invite others to discuss these writings. In addition, students can use a news article or heading/caption of the news article as a debate prompt, and can invite others to add comic writing by adding dialogues in blank speech bubble. |
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Worth Your Salt In this task, students will work for an environmentally friendly company and examine chemical reactions and productions to come up with alternative power sources. This task includes: |
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Worm Farm The Worm Farm task allows students to demonstrate their ability to note take and summarize. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are two information cards about worms. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information 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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