Science Assessment Tasks for More Able Students
Between 2002-2005 the Centre for Science Education developed a series of activities for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and the National Assessment Agency (NAA). These student assessment materials were developed to enable students to demonstrate their depth of knowledge and breadth of scientific understanding. The teacher could then use the student work as evidence of student performance beyond and including level six of the then National Curriculum, up to and including Exceptional Performance (EP).
The materials have strong contemporary contexts with pertinent input from named scientists in their relevant fields used where possible. The activities also aimed to encourage students to demonstrate their communication skills through discussion in the development of their ideas.
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Exit Planet Earth
Produced by the Centre for Science Education, this Science Assessment Task for More Able Students, comprises of two investigations with a space-related theme. Students investigate what needs to be considered if humans are to colonise our solar system. They look at: • forces and the force of gravity • the environmental…
Olympic Quests
This resource consists of a set of tasks from the Science Assessment Tasks for More Able Students collection, produced by the Centre for Science Education. The tasks have an Olympic-inspired theme and are split into three 'quests'. Each quest is flexible in use and freestanding in that it can be used either in class…
Sea Chemistry
These activities, from the Centre for Science Education's Science Assessment Tasks for More Able Students, were developed as part of '2005 - Year of the Sea'. The student activities consist of three assessment tasks. These are backed up by a set of exemplar materials for teachers to support their judgements. In…
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