Performance Tasks

How can we use data to inform solutions to the effects of extreme weather? Teams of students are each tasked with analyzing and interpreting data for one type of weather hazard to find patterns in past weather events. Using these patterns, students will propose an investigable research question...

This task focuses on human impacts to earth systems. Throughout the task, students will evaluate the two different grazing techniques as possible strategies to manage natural resources. Students will interpret a model, calculate data, and read an article to gather information to make an informed...

In this task, students will evaluate a series of mathematical models to determine how a mysterious fungus is impacting various populations in a pond ecosystem. First, students will look at the impact of the fungus on populations of frogs and crayfish. Students will then use their understanding...

In this task, students will explore what is causing the wildfire crisis in the West and identify the best ways to manage forests to mitigate the negative impact to biodiversity and human communities in two different areas of California.

Students will evaluate and compare sources of...