Authentic assessment
Results for Authentic assessment
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Description Students will create a simple instrument to measure the rate of acceleration of a car. Type Lesson plan Education Level 6, 7, 8 Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description Another discrepant event problem is probed, to help students get familiar with the process of science. A plastic bottle with three holes covered with tape is filled with water and capped. Students ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description A "theory"-evaluation activity. A set of 5 scenarios (proposed explanations for how diverse life came into existence on Earth) is divided evenly throughout the class, so each student is asked to ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description Students draw their perceptions of a typical scientist, evaluate stereotypes in their drawings quantitatively, and then discuss the origins of these stereotypes. Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description Students transfer examples (names) of primates from their location in an outline hierarchy of primate groups into a set of nested boxes reflecting that same hierarchy. A cladogram can then be ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description This lesson is built around the poem by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887): "The Blind Men and the Elephant". Through small group activity and class discussions, the limiting influence of incomplete ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description Paleontologists occasionally find ancient tracks...footprints...preserved in the rocks. This lesson opens the door to analysing footprints, and gleaning information about body size and activities ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description Students are guided through a process in which three questions are addressed by retrieving beta hemoglobin sequences from online databases, and using online tools to compare those sequences in ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 9, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description Use of a discrepant event piques curiosity and provides an excellent metaphor for a problem in science that can be addressed in a scientific way. Water is poured into a "magic" box, and out comes ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description The 3.6 million year old tracks of early hominids in Laetoli provide a tantalizing opportunity to explore how scientists use patterns of the present to understand the past. What do those ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description A closed box is shown to the class. It can be seen that 3 wires run through the box lengthwise and 3 more run through it widthwise, creating a grid of 6 crossed wires. The class is told that there ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description -
Description A simulated crime scene is presented for teams of students to solve, using clues received piecemeal, adjusting hypotheses as more clues are found and discussed. The elements of science are ... Type Lesson plan Education Level 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Community College Subject More Details View Complete Description
