21 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Where rain comes from Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to explain why the Earth never runs out of rain. This constructed response question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 22 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Changes in temperature Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to record the apparent changes seen in a picture of two buckets of water that have sat outside on a hot, sunny day. The picture includes the buckets of water with thermometers in them both before sitting in the sun and after sitting in the sun.... 23 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: White clothes in hot weather Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to explain why people choose to wear white clothes in hot weather after examining a picture of two buckets of water that have sat outside on a hot, sunny day. The picture includes the buckets of water with thermometers in them both before sitting in the sun and after sitting in the sun This constructed response question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 24 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: What is in common? Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to select the option that best explains what playing a guitar, banging a drum, and dropping a pebble into water all have in common. This multiple choice question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 25 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Identifying a rock Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to select the option that would be most useful in identifying a rock. This multiple choice question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 26 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Stored energy Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to select the option that best explains where the stored energy in beans and coal came from. This multiple choice question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 27 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Sally hears thunder Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Students determine the safest course of action for a swimmer to take when they hear thunder. The student then uses what they have learned in science to explain their choice.... 28 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Deer in picture Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to distinguish between a male, female, and juvenile deer. Students then identify one feature of the buck and fawn and explain how the chosen feature helps the deer survive.... 29 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Pushing magnets together Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to predict what will happen when two magnets are pushed together. Students are then asked to explain why the predicted outcome will occur.... 30 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: The effect of thunder Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to select the option that best explains why windows rattle at the same time that thunder is heard. This multiple choice question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... |