Source High Tech High School
Subject Biology, Multimedia, Art, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The Blood Bank Project
In this task, students will work in pairs on a collaboration with the San Diego Blood Bank and create a painting and video artistic representation of a researched blood disease.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 1 example
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflection, student reflection
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Health and Physical Education
Grade Level 3 |
The Body
The Body task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of human anatomy. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a word card 'The Body' and two pictures in answer booklet.
This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development 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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Source High Tech High School
Subject Biology, Humanities, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 11 |
The Boneyard Project
In this task, students will explore the similarities between the anatomy and physiology of small animals and humans while also considering the ethics of using animal products.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: About the author, learning goals, timeline, real world connections
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The Bouncing Ball
In The Bouncing Ball students will explore the idea of exponential decay, and even students who are not yet familiar with the general exponential function should be able to come up with it as they work through the steps of the problem
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 8 |
The Bridge Project
In this task, students will exmplore the PBL learning by working in groups to construct a bridge out of toothpicks alone that will withstand the greatest weight.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 11 examples
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 12 |
The Budget Board Game
In this task, students will use fiscal knowledge to create a board game that budgets their finances.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, web resources, checklists, group contract, rubrics, example pictures
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 10 |
The Captain and Lake Wilmar
In this task, students will go through three performance tasks to explore the ecosystem of Lake Wilmar.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Technical Quality Info
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The Case of the Clock
This task assesses students' ability to evaluate the relevance of contextual information for determining the motivations of an author. Students must select one fact, and explain how it sheds light on why Edward Curtis altered a photograph of Native Americans before publishing it. Students with a strong understanding of contextualization will be able to explain how the popular belief that Indians did not understand modern technology might have influenced Curtis's decision to alter the photograph.
Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors.
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The Changing Faces of Tourism in Canada
In this task, students will examine photographs and brochures to determine the continuity and change in tourism throughout British Columbia.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Detailed lesson plan, web resources, rubric, worksheet, photograph
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Source New York Performance Standards Consortium
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 11 |
The Civil War: Long Term Causes
In this task, students will research the Civil War and write an essay on their findings.
This task included:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Essay List
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