Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level
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The Value of a Good Education
In this task, students will create a presentation to the Board of Education that will justify and explain the costs of student time and achievements after a pilot program has been suggested that students be payed for attending and doing well in school.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, vocabulary checklist, activities, evaluations and rubrics, journal prompts, timeline, storyboard, web resources, guide to managing the process
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The Virginia Company
This task assesses whether students can source and contextualize a document. Students must first examine a report on the progress of the Virginia Company, then determine which fact can help them evaluate the report's reliability. Strong students will be able to explain how the Company's desire to attract new investors (Fact 2) may have led the authors to put a positive spin on life in Virginia.
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 Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The War of 1812
This task assesses students' knowledge of the past—but rather than measure rote recall of decontextualized facts, the task requires students to make connections across time and construct an argument about how events are connected. Students with a strong sense of the past will be able to explain that President Madison's proclamation of war on Britain was in part due to trade restrictions enforced by the British during the Napoleonic Wars between France and Britain. Students will also explain that Britain's support for Native American tribes resisting US expansion into the Northwest Territory contributed to the declaration of war on Britain.
Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment with source materials, as well as the Rubric containing benchmark descriptors.
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 12 |
The West Virginia Online Stock Market Simulation
In this task, students will explore and research the stock market.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, learning log, evaluations and rubrics, web resources
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Listening & Viewing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
The Wind and the Sun
The Wind and the Sun task allows students to demonstrate their ability to retell and think critically. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, and four pictures.
This task is a part of the Listening task series from 2002 by NEMP.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
The Wishing Ring
The The Wishing Ring task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write an ending to a story. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an audio recording.
This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Listening & Viewing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
The Wolf
The Wolf task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify visual and auditory effects used to create mood. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer.
This task is a part of the Viewing 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 Bowland Maths (UK)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
The Z Factor
In this task, students must calculate the duration of the show, Z Factor, if the judges had to watch all of the acts.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Progression Guide
4. Scored Student Work
5. PowerPoint of Task
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 12 |
There's Gas in Them Thar Hills - Hometown Energy: Fueling our Future, Sustaining Our Environment
In this task, students will come up with a sustainable way of drilling for oil.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, checklists, evaluations and rubrics, team contract, guide to managing the process
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Thermometer
The Thermometer task allows students to demonstrate their ability to read thermometers and compare temperatures. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet.
This task is a part of the Measurements task series from 2005. 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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