ORC Resource Types

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students determine the relative amounts of oils in food. They then apply their understanding to an additional situation....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students correlate the weight and water displacement of various balls. They then apply their understanding to an additional situation....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students study 3 marbles of different sizes. They make observations and measurements, organize their data, and design an experiment to answer questions posed....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students perform routine laboratory procedures and report results. The task assesses primary students' abilities to perform measurement and reporting skills....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students perform routine laboratory procedures and report results. The task assesses primary students' ability to perform measurement and reporting skills....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students measure the distances different balls move a cup, reinforcing the idea that energy can be transferred from one object to another. This task assesses students' abilities to accurately record measurements, observe, compare and interpret data, construct explanations based on data, and make predictions....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students gather original data throughout two performance tasks. They analyze their results along with given data to determine which eggs are best for rocky cliff environments....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students determine the forces necessary to move a truck on an inclined plane with weight and slope as variables. They then apply their understanding to identify the cheapest way to transport trash to local garbage disposal sites....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students make observations then identify an unknown. The task assesses primary students' ability to observe differences and similarities and make inferences....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: Students will observe the motion of both a pendulum and a spring pendulum, explaining the similarities and differences between the two types of motion. This task assesses students' abilities to observe, describe, interpret data, and compare....