Here is a look at Week 3. We will be finishing up the organization of life slide shows and Introducing our first NGSS Assessment 1.1 in 6th Grade. The first performance task is being implemented right now at Orchard Hills School and the teachers think that the rigor of Part 1 may be a bit too difficult to be considered a Part 1.
Here are the original performance tasks with students researching an organelle and creating a media product to explain the structure and function. After reflecting on part 1, we are going to revert to using the original versions of the assessment found below.
OLD version of the student directions of assessment 1.1.
OLD version of the teacher directions for assessment 1.1
The reason we changed it in the first place to the analogy project was due to the fact that students are required to peer review and use student products to answer questions in Part 2. We were worried that we would not be able to check the accuracy of the videos before students were ready to move on to Part 2 and that students would not be able to peer review if they researched a different organelle. We also thought that having a more shallow understanding of each organelle would be better than a deep understanding of just one. However, we have changed our mind.
With the addition of the IOS App game Cell Explorer, it allows students to attain an overall understanding of all organelles and it helps with peer review. It also can be used to take notes to help with answering questions in part 2. It seems best to have students move onto the game Cell Explorer at the end of Part 1.
You might also want to make sure you have more than one student/group researching the same organelles to help with peer review. The game will also give you time to view student products, provide feedback and check for mastery before being shared with the class.
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