Modeling Temperature Change

Modeling Temperature Change

Jun 25, 2021

Students model thermal energy transfer between a hot liquid and a cooler solid, exploring how this might also occur in everyday phenomena. Assessment 3D Learning Target Model thermal energy flow for materials at different temperatures and for different types of...
Lake Youngs – Sources of Taste and Odor Problems in Lake Youngs

Lake Youngs – Sources of Taste and Odor Problems in Lake Youngs

Jun 24, 2021

This task is targeted to students in grades 6–8 studying body systems or algal blooms. Students develop a model showing the interactions that allow humans to detect issues in water quality based on the taste of the water. Assessment 3D Learning Target Develop a model...
We’ve Got Water

We’ve Got Water

Jun 24, 2021

This task is targeted to students in grades 6–8 studying ecology and human impacts on the environment. Students identify relationships between human activity and environmental impacts on water resources. Educators can leverage students’ ideas to assess understandings...
Melting Ice – Modeling Heat Transfer

Melting Ice – Modeling Heat Transfer

Jun 24, 2021

This assessment task is aligned with middle school grades 6-8. The assessment context within the middle school curriculum is thermal energy transfer and developing a model for particle motion as energy transfers. Students are presented with a discrepant event when two...