Performance Tasks

In the Science, Technology and Society Position Paper tasks students will explore issues related to the impact of science and technology on society and the environment. Students will search the internet for relevant and credible scientific data. Based on the data they collect, they will make...

In this assignment, students are challenged to push themselves beyond their personal limits in an area of their choosing.  As background, students will read Christopher MacDougall’s Born to Run, which documents the incredible human feats performed by ultramarathon runners.  Students...

Students will choose the best option for a yearbook under the given conditions. They will analyze pricing from different yearbook companies and narrow their choices to three. They will create models and use these to solve the task algebraically and graphically. They will create a presentation...

Students will use inequalities and equations to choose the best bus company for a field trip.

Students will analyze the rising cost of tuition to make a recommendation of which university/college is a better financial decision.

Students will apply knowledge of parabolic curves to a real life situation to recommend the height of a main cable that will reduce the cost to build a suspension bridge.  There are two options.  This can be done as an “on demand” task by using questions 1-6 or can be a more complex task by...