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Performance Assessment Links in Science: Classifying Candy 2 (Lesson)
For this fourth grade performance assessment task, students sort candies according to their properties and demonstrate their understanding of binary classification principles.
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Performance Assessment Links in Science: Up, Up and Away (Lesson)
Students will observe water evaporation in this performance task, and investigate the water cycle. The task is designed for Grade Two.
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Performance Assessment Links in Science: Measurement: Using the Balance (Lesson)
This performance task assesses students' ability to use a balance and to measure the mass of objects accurately.
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Performance Assessment Links in Science: Measurement: Length,volume,temperature
This performance task tests students' ability to measure length, volume and temperature accurately in a lab setting.
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Performance Assessment Links in Science: Some of Its Parts
As they examine two variations of a can opener, students will discuss what the purpose is of each of its sub-parts, and which of the can openers is the better machine. They will also suggest improvements to the can opener. This is a...
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Performance Assessment Links in Science: Tree Study (Lesson)
For this fourth grade performance task, students measure tree leaves using metric units and make predictions about the length of other leaves on the tree. They also suggest other good questions they might ask about trees in the school...
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Performance Assessment Links in Science: Do You See What I See? (Lesson)
For this Grade Two performance task, students observe the contents of a terrarium and explain the purpose of the water, rocks and soil inside it.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Games at Recess
Students use ratios to answer three questions based on a specific set of data in this performance task.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Voting for Two, Variation 4
Students use ratio reasoning to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. John got two votes for every vote Will got. It was necessary to get more than half the votes to get elected. What...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Voting for Two, Variation 3
Students use ratios to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. There were 36 students voting. John got two votes for every vote Will got. It was necessary to get more than half the votes to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Voting for Two, Variation 2
Students use ratios to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. There were 36 students voting. John got two votes for every vote Will got. How many more votes did John get than Will?
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Voting for Two, Variation 1
John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. There were 36 students voting. John got two votes for every vote Will got. How many votes did each get? Aligns with 6.RP.A.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Security Camera
Students use ratio and rate reasoning to answer four questions in this diagram-based performance task.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Stock Swaps, Variation 2
Microsoft Corp. wants to acquire 1.5 million shares of Apple Corp. that are worth \$374 per share and is willing to swap Microsoft Corp. shares at \$26 per share. How many shares (to the nearest share) do they need to offer to get an...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Walk a Thon 1
A performance task where young scholars fill in the missing values on a table, plot the corresponding points in the coordinate plane, and find the two unit rates that are associated with this proportional relationship.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Shirt Sale
Students use ratio and rate reasoning to solve the following performance task: Selina bought a shirt on sale that was 20% less than the original price. The original price was $5 more than the sale price. What was the original price?...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Stock Swaps, Variation 3
A multi-step performance task word problem: Microsoft Corp. has made an offer to acquire 1.5 million shares of Apple Corp. worth $374 per share. They offered Apple 10 million shares of Microsoft worth $25 per share, but they need to make...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Sore Throats, Variation 1
A performance task asking students to choose and apply an appropriate equation to determine an equivalent ratio for two salt and water mixtures.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Riding at a Constant Speed, Assessment Variation
Students use ratios to answer four questions about rate and distance in this performance task.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Friends Meeting on Bicycles
Students use ratio and rate to answer five questions in this real-world math performance task.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Kendall's Vase Tax
Students use percentage and addition to answer this real-world math performance task: Kendall bought a vase that was priced at $450. In addition, she had to pay 3% sales tax. How much did she pay for the vase?
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Dana's House
Students use ratio and rate to solve this real-world math performance task: The lot that Dana is buying for her new one story house is 35 yards by 50 yards. Dana's house plans show that her house will cover 1,600 square feet of land....
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Overlapping Squares
Students use ratio and rate to answer this performance task: The data transfer rate of an Internet connection is the rate in bytes per second that a file can be transmitted across the connection. Data transfer is typically measured in...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Mixing Concrete
Students use ratio and rate to answer this performance task: A mixture of concrete is made up of sand and cement in a ratio of 5 : 3. How many cubic feet of each are needed to make 160 cubic feet of concrete mix?