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Water-holding capacity of Earth Materials In this task, students will design and conduct an experiment to test the water holding capacity of various materials. This task includes: |
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Waterways for Peace: A Study of the Middle East In this task, students will work in groups to examine the Middle Eastern countries' methodological approaches to running a country and create strategies to create a more peaceful and sustainable society. This task includes: |
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Way Out There The Way Out There task allows students to learn about the Earth, moon, and comets in the solar system. Students will look at a picture taken of Earth from outer space, a comet seen in the night sky, and the moon on different nights. They will answer a question about each picture. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include three pictures. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond World task series by NEMP from 2007. |
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We Can Take Care of Our Planet! In this task, students will be a part of this two part task to tackle environmental issues and brainstorm what can be done in the future to solve these problems. This task includes: |
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We Get by with a Little Help from Our....Machines! In this task, students will work together to create a machine that will help someone with a disability perform an every day task. This task includes: |
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We Need a Leader The We Need a Leader task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of leadership needs and approaches. 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 Social Organization 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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We the People In this task, students will work in groups to create a presentation on the privileges of Americans. This task includes: |
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We've Got Issues In this task, students will research issues that adolescents could be experiencing to create a presentation about recommendations on how to handle these situations. This task includes: |
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Wearable Arts The Wearable Arts task allows students to demonstrate their ability to form and explain a personal response to artists’ works and consider artists’ intentions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer and two pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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Weather The Weather task allows students to arrange cards showing different activities, months, temperatures, and observations about the seasons into a chart. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task include five sets of four cards with words and pictures. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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