Performance Tasks

In this task, students are asked to construct an argument about the probable cause of death of a fictitious young man who collapsed and died at a local university. Students are given a set of information and will be continuously supplied with new information and the results of lab tests...

The 1948 Nobel Prize in Medicine went to Paul Müller, who discovered DDT's power as a persistent insecticide that could greatly reduce typhus epidemics and other hazards. The Nobel presentation speech makes the case for DDT's value, and selections from Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" offer...

For this task, students will work in teams to examine a specific type of renewable energy source. Student groups will research one renewable energy resource (such as solar energy, wind energy, biomass, geothermal energy, hydrogen fuel, nuclear power, and hydroelectric power) and determine the...

Through primary and secondary source document analysis, students will explore the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation on the outcome of the American Civil War. Students will also consider the lasting impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on American society as our nation moved from this...

In this task students will perform an investigation to determine if sound or light is a mechanical wave.

To accomplish this, students will:

1. Determine the criteria for what makes something a mechanical wave.
2. Participate in an exploratory lab to collect evidence of the
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In this module students will learn the basics of three major world religions - Islam, Judaism, and Christianity - and connect them to geography by seeing how each religion places significance on one particular geographic location.

While this has the potential for being a sensitive subject...