12/5/00
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Timeline (Week) |
Assessment Technique |
Description |
Category |
Goal & Objective |
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1 |
Informal |
Pretest on science attitude |
Diagnostic |
none |
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1 |
Quiz |
Basic chemistry |
Formative |
A1 |
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2 |
Content related activity |
Measure a students density using water displacement |
*Formative |
A3 |
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2 |
Quiz |
Density math problems |
Formative |
A3 |
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2 |
Content related activities |
Empirical and molecular formula word problems |
Formative |
A4 |
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3 |
Written test |
M.C. and open ended test on properties and uses of water |
Summative |
A1, 2,3,4 |
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4 |
Titration lab |
Analyze unknown concentration of base by titrating with a known concentration of acid |
*Summative Performance assessment |
B4, C3, C4 |
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5 |
Quiz |
Osmosis & diffusion |
Formative |
B2 |
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5 |
Transpiration Lab |
Measure the movement of water out the leave of a plant under variable conditions |
Performance assessment (formative) |
B1,C1, C3, C4 |
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6 |
Quiz |
Trace the flow of blood in a mammalian heart |
Formative |
B1 |
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6 |
Lab and Lab report on osmosis |
Determine the effect of varying the concentration of solute on the movement of water across a membrane |
*Summative Performance assessment |
B2, B3, C1, C3, C4 |
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7 |
Content related activities |
Various worksheets on the heart the kidney and balancing chemical equations |
Formative |
B 1,2,3,4 |
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7 |
Written test |
M. C. and open ended on the importance of water to life processes |
Summative |
B1, 2,3,4 |
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8 |
Antifreeze lab |
Make various % antifreeze solutions and then collect data on the boiling and freezing points of the various solutions |
Performance assessment ( formative) |
C2, 3,4 |
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9 |
Quiz |
Word problems on making solutions and doing dilutions |
Formative |
C2 |
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10 |
Written test and practical |
Word problems on making solutions and a 14 station performance practical on lab techniques |
Summative |
C2, 3,4 |
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11 |
California Achievement Test |
Standardized Test given once a year to the junior class |
Summative achievement test |
all |
|
12 |
Content Related activities |
Worksheets on the parts of a cell, cell division and protein synthesis |
Formative |
D1, 2,3,4,5 |
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12 |
Quiz |
Emphasizing form and function of the cell and its organelles |
Formative |
D2 |
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13 |
Cell membrane Lab and Lab Report |
Students design their own lab to determine if sugar or starch can diffuse across an artificial membrane (Builds on ideas used in osmosis lab) |
*Summative Performance assessment |
D2, C1, C3,C4 |
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13 |
Content related pipe cleaners activity |
Use pipe cleaner as chromosomes and go through the steps of mitosis in cell division |
Formative |
D1.5 |
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13 |
Content related Lego activity |
Tell the story of protein synthesis using legos |
*Performance assessment (Formative) |
D1, 2,3, |
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14 |
Written Test |
M. C. test on the concepts and principles of DNA |
*Summative |
D1, 2,3,4,5 C4 |
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15 |
Content related activities |
Collect, grow, and isolate, bacteria to show asexual reproduction. The do an antibiotic sensitivity test on the bacteria to show how reproduction can be halted. |
Performance assessment (formative) |
E1, 2,3 |
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16 |
Content Related activities |
Use CD to view and quiz the anatomy and function of the human male and female reproduction system. Use internet to research birth control |
Formative |
E4, 5,6,7 |
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17 |
Quiz |
Take home, open note quiz on sexual and asexual reproduction |
Formative |
E1, 2,3,4,5,6,7 |
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17 |
Research report |
On Birth Control |
Summative |
E7 |
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18 |
Written Test |
M.C. test on sexual and asexual reproduction |
Summative |
E1, 2,3,4,5,6,7 |
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19 |
Semester Exam |
Cumulative test over the whole semester. Includes a M.C. and performance practical |
Summative |
All |