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US Foreign Policy In this task students will evaluate a specific U.S. foreign policy based on an analysis of its causes and effects. They will then write a paper or make a presentation. This task includes: |
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Underground The Underground task allows students to demonstrate knowledge of properties of top soil and clay Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include picture of soil and clay and nine stickers listing soil properties. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Underwater Garden The Underwater Garden task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create an expressive painting from an imaginative idea, showing a variety of shapes, detail, color mixing and spatial effect. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a video recording on a laptop computer, a cur card, paper, paint brushes, a palette, a desk cover, a sponge, white chalk, water, a mixing card, plastic cups, and acrylic paints. This task should be completed in forty-five minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art 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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Unions in Paterson, New Jersey This task gauges students' ability to source and contextualize a document. Students first listen to an excerpt from an interview with Marianna Costa, a union leader from Paterson, New Jersey. Students then analyze four historical facts and determine which ones can help discern whether Costa’s account of union accomplishments is historically reliable. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, all accessible and available for download with the creation of a free account through the site:
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Unit Wrap-Up: Community and Change and the War of 1812 In this task, students will explore the continuities and changes in the interpretations of the War of 1812 throughout the last two centuries. This task includes: |
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Unit from Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) aids students The Atmosphere Unit from Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) aids students in the understanding of important scientific concepts, the understanding of data and data collection methodologies. The investigation appendix contains data sheets for all atmosphere and climate protocols, cloud and contrail images and descriptions and a glossary of terms. They will learn about weather, climate, land cover, phenology, ecology, biology, hydrology and soil. This unit includes:
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Unknown Cleanup in Aisle 5 In this task, students will work together to identify and classify unknown substances in order to come up with a way to transport them. This task includes: |
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Unknown Liquids In this task, students will design and carry out an experiment to decide which of the two given solutions is more dense. This task includes: |
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Up and Down The Up and Down task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the factors influencing the price of commodities. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a photo. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities 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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Up and Down, Round and Round The Up and Down, Round and Round task allows students to demonstrate their ability to match music heard and read. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are audio tracks on a laptop computer and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating 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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