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Summit Public Schools
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History / Social Studies
U.S. Government
12
High (9-12)

In this task, students will select and conduct research on an elected official who represents them at the federal level – a member of the House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate.

Students will then choose a relevant issue or a current piece of legislation and convey their viewpoints...

Watchdog Reporter

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Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS) Performance Design Team
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English / Language Arts
10, 11
High (9-12)

In this computer-based task, students take on the role of an investigative reporter for a watchdog group. Students choose a topic, conduct research, and report on the topic and the information found. This can be in the form of a podcast, article, blog post, videocast or another presentation...

Maximum Volume

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE)
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Mathematics
Pre-Calculus
9, 10, 11, 12
High (9-12)

In this task, students are given a problem about maximizing volume. Students are given a set of construction paper squares with predetermined side lengths. They are asked to determine the length of the side of the square that they must cut out from the corners in order to maximize the volume of...

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Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Beth Ann Sahd
Lindsay Sigman
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English / Language Arts
American Literature
10, 11
High (9-12)

Authors of both nonfiction and fiction have defined the American Dream and offered varying viewpoints on the extent to which America fulfills the ideas implicit in this dream.

In this module, students will examine multiple texts and then frame an analysis as to whether or not, or to what...

Dog’s Play Area

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE)
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Average: 3.7 (3 votes)
Mathematics
Geometry
9, 10, 11, 12
High (9-12)

In this task, students respond to a geometry problem in which a girl is attempting to find the optimal location to tether her dog so that the dog doesn't dig in the garden, but without reducing the play area for the animal.

Students are given a number of measurements and constraints and...

Cyrobiology

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Catherine H. Miller
Jeanne M. Coherd
Shay C. Eli
Theresa Bennett
0
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Science
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Middle (6-8)
High (9-12)

In this module, students will take previously learned concepts of states and properties of matter and expound upon them by examining the field of cryobiology.

Cryobiology is the study of living things at very low temperatures. This science is filled with many technological advances....