Performance Tasks

For this task, students will work in collaborative lab groups to observe pillbugs in their natural environment before developing an experimental question. Students will conduct reliable research to then create a model of their experiment and a scientific sketch of the pillbug. Once students have...

In this task, students will create at least 3 different types of infographics, as well as a final write-up describing various pieces of their infographics.

Students write an essay based on the information they have learned about the American Revolution and the period leading up to it.

Students choose to respond to one of the following prompts.​

1. “Despite the view of some historians that the conflict between Great Britain and its
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Although history can repeat itself, leaders and decision makers have the potential to prevent conflict, war, genocide, and social injustice. With a thorough understanding of the complexities of the past and present, globally aware leaders can prevent history from repeating itself. It is...

Students will design a YOURbook, which is a "final" small yearbook all about them, or their experience in school this school year, or throughout their 4 years in school. Essentially, they will create a comprehensive spread would demonstrate learning in the following...

Throughout history, people who have been called “explorers” have been associated with making discoveries and changing the way others view the world.  Stories of their journeys have turned them into heroes who found new trade routes, created new maps, gained land and wealth for their home...