Curated OER
Science: Classifying the Planets
Eighth graders, in pairs, use pasta, rice, and prior knowledge of the planets to construct multi-stage classification systems. While examining the bags of pasta and rice, they note the similarities and differences of the nine planets. ...
SRI International
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.