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The Clumsy Tiger The Clumsy Tiger task allows students to demonstrate their ability to recall and interpret details of a story. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Listening 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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The Common Dolphin The Common Dolphin task allows students to demonstrate their ability to read and follow instruction. Students will complete this task working is stations. The resources required for this task are a story and an illustrated cover picture. This task is a part of the Silent Reading task series from 1996 by NEMP. |
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The Contracting Project In this task, students will be introduced to how math is incorperated into the work place by learning what it takes to run a contracting business. This task includes: |
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The Conversation The Conversation task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a conversation between two people in a photograph. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task photos, blue pens, and red pens. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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The Crafty Knife The Crafty Knife task allows students to demonstrate their ability to investigate design. Students will explain the purpose of design of different parts of a craft knife. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a craft knife, a cardboard, a cutting block, and a diagram. 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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The Eagle and the Bear In The Eagle and the Bear students are asked to figure out how many fish the eagle has to catch to tie the bear in their fishing contest. The key concept is equivalency. This task includes:
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The Effectiveness of Antacids In this task, students will conduct an experiment that will explore which of four antacids will neutralize acid. This task includes: |
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The Evolution of Perception: Attitudes Regarding French Language and Culture Within Canada as Turning Points In this task, students will explore whether or not there has been changes throughout history in in French and Quebec culture in Canada. This task includes: |
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The FLQ - Was the Wars Measure Act a Necessity or an Over-reaction? In this task, students will develop a historical argument on whether or not they believe the invocation of the War Measures Act was just or not. This task includes: |
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The First Thanksgiving This task measures students’ ability to source a document. When historians interpret a document, they look at who wrote it and when. Source information presents clues about whether the document provides reliable evidence about the past. This task gauges whether students understand an important aspect of sourcing: the time elapsed between when a document (in this case, a painting) was produced, and the event it depicts. To accomplish this, students must agree or disagree with a claim about the usefulness of the source, and explain their thinking. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, many available for download with the creation of a free account:
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