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Task: Point of View
Alignment of Performance Task with National Standards
Grade Level: 9-12
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Specific skills and knowledge demonstrated by the task:
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Alignment with Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy
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Alignment with National Science Education Standards
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Students' ability to describe and interpret, using the different
wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. The different images
generated by observation of Cassiopeia A or the Crab Nebula and the
stellar processes that produced them.
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4F- Motion (9-12)#3: …A great variety
of, radiation is in the form of electromagnetic waves: radio waves,
microwaves, radiant heat, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays,
and gamma rays. These wavelengths vary from radio waves, the longest, to
gamma rays, the shortest....
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Standard B Physical Science: Interactions of Energy
and Matter#2 …Electromagnetic waves include radio waves,
microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation,
x-rays, and gamma rays…
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Students' ability to use visuals, such as charts and maps, to
communicate information.
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12 Communication Skills (9-12)#1-Make and
interpret scale drawings [maps]
12 Communication Skills (9-12)#7- Use tables,
charts, and graphs in making arguments and claims in oral and written
presentations.
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Standard A: Inquiry- Communication: …
appropriately, developing diagrams and charts…
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Students' ability to accurately and effectively communicate scientific
information, integrating scientific information and visual images, about
a supernovas event
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4A universe (9-12)#2 … Eventually, some
stars exploded producing clouds containing heavy elements from which
other stars (and presumably planets orbiting them) could later condense.
The process of star formation and destruction continues.
12D Communication Skills- Essay- "clear and accurate communication"
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Standard D: Earth and Space- The Origin and Evolution
of the universe- Stars produce energy from nuclear reactions,
primarily the fusion of hydrogen to form helium, These and other
processes in stars have led to the formation of all the other
elements.
Standard A: Inquiry-Communication:
…accurate and effective communication including expressing
concepts, reviewing information, summarizing data, using language
appropriately, developing diagrams and charts,…speaking clearly
and logically…
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