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High School Science CIA Mon Dec 14. Announcements CAPT Prep Performance Based Assessment in NHPS Science. Announcements. Cert/CEUs Principal… communicate Outside groups/course/activities communicate with ME Upcoming PD… Jan 23 Science Fair Chem curriculum. CAPT Plan. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
High School Science CIA Mon Dec 14Announcements
CAPT Prep
Performance Based Assessment in NHPS Science
Announcements
Cert/CEUs
Principal… communicate
Outside groups/course/activities communicate with ME
Upcoming PD… Jan 23 Science Fair
Chem curriculum
CAPT Plan
See plan.. Report activities Dec 22
Need to follow pacing
Need Significant Task Evidence
Need Data Team Minutes
Review experimentation skills/vocab
CAPT review: includes exp, ninth grade, practice test
Quarterly Assessments
Check results/item analysis
Practice open ended, groups, drawing
Review questions, verbs
What are the trends in results?
Issues? (bubbling/part rate)
Review 2nd quarter assessments! (Jan 8 deadline)
STEM Tier II
New district improvement planTied to school reform/21st century skills(communication, critical thinking, inquiry, problem solving, collaboration)Forum Jan 15th: stakeholders identify skillsThen: Measures, program review and revision
Performance Based Assessments
(significant tasks… projects)
Are summative, not formative
Tie science concepts/skills to others.
Not new… very popular in the 90s
Demonstrate knowledge
Have an element of authenticity
Key components of PBAs
Longterm
Skills AND concepts
Transfer learning: new situation
HOTS skills
Authentic/alternative
Interdisciplinary (STS
Collaborative
Scored: Peer, Public, rubric
PBAs in NHPS Science
We can start with sig tasks…PBA ≠ labs , it is more than that.Students need to pull info from more than one source to analyze/synthesize.Introduce at the beginning… it is the goal of the learning!Make sure it is science, not just creative regurgitation.
PBAs in NHPS Science
Earth/Bio/Chem 21 courses
NH Academy project tasks
Science Fair Project
Research Project
Issues
Special Ed/Differentiated Instruction
Time/ResourcesRubrics and Objectivity (that’s another session!)
Matching Project to Standards
Validity, communication to others
Completion vs. Mastery
Could YOU do it?
GRASPS is a tool to help develop authentic assessments (UBD)
Goal
Role
Audience
Situation (Scenario)
Product or Performance
Standards (Rubric)
Examples of Performance-Based Assessment PRODUCTS
PortfoliosWork samplesProjects and reportsResearch papersScience lab reportsLogs and journalsModelsMedia projects
Examples of Performance-Based Assessment PERFORMANCESOral presentationsMedia presentationScience lab demoAthletic demoMusical, dance, dramatic presentationDebateDemonstration of specific tasksParticipation in eventsInterviews with students
Sample PBA
You are an urban planner with the city of Mt. Shasta in California. You have been asked to develop and present a risk assessment and mitigation plan in the event that Mt. Shasta should erupt. You hope to reduce the loss of life and property damage by accurately predicting when, and to what extent, a volcanic eruption might affect Mt. Shasta. You will need to prepare a plan that you present to the city council. Present your plan in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. Be sure to inform the public with critical background information by telling the geologic story of Mt. Shasta. Include a research-based prediction of when the next eruption might occur. Prepare a map that shows the areas most likely to be affected by an eruption. Describe your emergency response plan based on the predicted flow of the path of the lava. In addition to maps, it is fine to use additional visuals as needed, as long as they support the presentation. Your presentation should be clear, compelling, and scientifically accurate.
Ideas for PBAs
Write a lab/technical manual
Energy in your life project
Cartoon/Lesson teaching metric system
Molecules skit/play
Wire a house
Analyze a local pollution problem/develop policy brief
Ideas for PBAs
Plan to study a human disease, and ethics standardsPresent on a genetic disorderAnalyze a local traffic intersection/lightEnergy Source ForumSolve a non violent crime using science skillsPresent a solution to a landslide scenarioInterpretive dance on a cellular processBiography/interview of an organelle
Ideas for PBAs
Chemistry of a car forumEssay about acid rain/ozone depletion/global warming prioritiesDesign a new species, its habitats, taxonomy, and structures.Year in the life of a tree, plot, yard, etc..Write a letter to a scientist about a social issueDesign a better coffee cupPredict the weather for CT
Ideas for PBAs
Select an animal, describe evolution in a million years.Design a new periodic tableRole play chemical bonds with the classAnalyze cartoon physicsPresent on if the moon didn’t existDebate traditional orthopedic medicine versus chiropractic medicine,
Ideas for PBAs
Analyze traffic accidents
Design a blimp
Debate on pesticides
Interview/Shadow/Present on life of a lab tech
Analyze the physics of High School Musical
Debate nuclear energy
Build a model of CT Geology
Links
To share: www.newhavenscience.orgOr http://newhavenscience.wikispaces.comwww.nhsciencefair.orgwww.21skills.orghttp://chemconnections.org/modules/index.htmlhttp://pals.sri.comhttp://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm
http://www.emtech.net/Alternative_Assessment.htmlhttp://www.teachervision.fen.com/childrens-science-activities/printable/30270.html
http://www.ubdexchange.org
A humorous look at some characteristics of authentic
assessment…..
Authentic assessments……...
…specify a goal and a role
Psychology– Employing principles from the major
schools of psychoanalytic thought, successfully subject yourself to analysis. Make appropriate personality changes, bill yourself, and fill out all medical insurance forms. Now do the same to the person seated to your immediate left.
…replicate real world contexts
Medicine–You have been provided with a
razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of Scotch. Remove your own appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
…include standards
Economics–Develop a realistic plan for
refinancing the national debt. Run for Congress. Build a political power base. Successfully pass your plan and implement it.
…take time
Biology– Create life. Estimate the differences
in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed earlier, with special attention to the probable effects on the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis.
…apply knowledge and skills
Chemistry– Transform lead into gold. You will find a beaker and three
lead sinkers under your seat. Show all work including Feynman diagrams and quantum functions for all steps. You have fifteen minutes.
…often require innovation
Physics–Explain the general theory of
relativity. Keep it simple. Now demonstrate the limits of faster-than-light travel through an experiment of your own design.
...…may culminate a unit
Political Science–There is a red telephone on the
desk behind you. Start World War III. Report at length on its socio-political effects, if any.