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GL4: Coal-Hydro in WA
MS: Wildfire Data
HS: 1492 Climate Change
PD Modules
Do-Talk-Revise
Reflect on Argumentation
Analyze Data
3D TaskDesign
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PhenomenalAssessment
Home
The Assessments
GL4: Coal-Hydro in WA
MS: Wildfire Data
HS: 1492 Climate Change
PD Modules
Do-Talk-Revise
Reflect on Argumentation
Analyze Data
3D TaskDesign
Toolbox
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Home
The Assessments
GL4: Coal-Hydro in WA
MS: Wildfire Data
HS: 1492 Climate Change
PD Modules
Do-Talk-Revise
Reflect on Argumentation
Analyze Data
3D TaskDesign
Toolbox
High School: Climate Changes after 1492
Item Clusters • Background • Alignment • Rubrics • Field Data
The Item Cluster
Copy, download, adapt, and use with students or educators:
Original-format item cluster
(sign-in to Google to copy-move-use the Google Form)
Preview
the item cluster directly.
Stimulus Paper-Handout
-- information and data that students use to do the task (reduces computer scrolling).
Background & Resources
Evidence for the Postconquest Demographic Collapse of the Americas in Historical CO2 Levels
(Faust, et.al., 2005)
Reforestation helped trigger Little Ice Age, researchers say
(Stanford News)
Ice Core Data
(NOAA)
Alignment to NGSS
Alignment Spreadsheet
Evidence Statements:
HS-ESS2-2
&
HS-ESS2-4
NGSS Matrices for alignment beyond the PEs above:
SEP matrix
,
CCC matrix
,
DCI matrix
Rubrics & Sample Responses from Students
Item #5-6
Field Data
Feb-May student responses
:
Item-by-item responses and statistical summary.
Random samples of 30 students were scored (different samples in Feb/May).
What was the purpose of the field-use?
Get a general idea of how actual students respond to various item types and 3-dimensional items related to climate science.
What is the makeup of the student group that used this item cluster?
Used across the state in February (over 450 students) & May (over 370 students).
Aggregate results only (no breakdown by curriculum, region, age, or other demographics).
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