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ORC Resource Number #3130
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Puddles and Soil
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

Students will determine which of several soil samples (sand, soil, and silt) produces puddles, providing insight into the permeability of these different soils. This task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations, collect, organize, and represent data, make conclusions from that data, and generalize about scientific concepts. This task is designed to take students approximately 30 minutes to complete. This performance assessment is part of the PALS (Performance Assessment Links in Science) collection. (author/ts)

OHIO STANDARDS
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Science Academic Content Standards
Earth and Space Sciences
Scientific Inquiry
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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National Science Education Standards
Science as Inquiry
Earth and Space Science
RESOURCE TYPE
Assessment Resource
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 6–8
TOPICS
Science --
Science and Inquiry;
Earth and Space Science;
Earth Systems;
Rocks, Minerals, Soil;
KEYWORDS
permeability;
perculation;
perculation;
infiltration;
performance assessment;
graph
Publisher: Center for Technology in Learning