Myrna+R.+Stage+2

=Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

Role:Time Traveler - will go back in time and learn how science has altered civilization. Audience: Board of Directors from the Science Museum of Boston who are looking for a display showcasing how science has altered civilization. Situation: You will be interviewing various sources throughout history to determine how scientific understanding has altered civilization. As the time traveler, you've completed your research and have now returned to the year 2010. Product/Presentation: A keynote presentation that presents the history of scientific knowledge of the universe and how it has affected civilization in a creative and engaging way. Standards (criteria from both rubrics): Your information needs to be accurate and insightful and the product must be neat, organized and creative. || • Model - develop a model of the solar system. • Wiki - write a myth and post on a wiki page. || • Game - simulation - if this happens, then the result would be.... • Role play - a religious leader's use of scientific understanding to support their beliefs. || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): **(T)** ||
 * Goal: To return to our time and explain how science has altered civilization.
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * Other Evidence **(OE)** ||
 * •Time-line - note 5 key scientists and the technology they developed.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * Self-Assessment **(SA)** ||
 * • Blog - each student will post their interpretation of how scientists developed their theory of the solar system.

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** C4 History and Nature of Science ||
 * Understanding || Goal (MLR) ||
 * • Students will understand that our understanding of the solar system has changed over time and how that has affected civilizations. || •//Maine Learning Results:// Science and Technology - C //The scientific and Technological enterprise,//

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
 * Big Idea || Big Idea ||
 * •Change over time in scientific understanding of the universe. || •Affects of scientific knowledge on civilization. ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * //**Task Description:**// **(T)** ||
 * You are a time traveler who has been contacted by the Boston Museum of Science to determine how science has altered civilization over time. In your travels, you will meet with important scientists to determine how their discoveries have altered the course of civilization. When you get back, you will develop a museum presentation showcasing those findings in a creative and engaging presentation. ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * Type II Product || Type of Presentation ||
 * •Keynote presentation || •Oral, visual, written ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// •Significant interpretation of affect •Appropriate choice of scientists •Insightful understanding •Perceptive •Reflective || •Creative •Organized •Polished presentation •Effective •Engaging •Content ||
 * Product Criteria || Presentation Criteria ||
 * •Accurate information
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**