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.