WalterStage2

=Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

** __Role:__ Scientist, Engineer ** ** __Audience__: Presented to Team 4 science classes ** ** __Situation__: Students will be a design team of four students ** ** __Product/Presentation__: Students will complete a portfolio of their planning, model of their plan and present to the class their solution to the problem ** ** __Standards__: **
 * Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): **(T)** ||
 * ** __Goal__: To research and hypothesise how a colony the size of the high school could exist on the planet Mars. **

**SKETCHUP RUBRIC** ** -Google Sketchup Skills ** ** -Design to solve team goals ** ** -Integration of space technology ** ** -Justification of Mars landing site as "Most Attractive" ** ** -Scientific Knowledge ** ** -Group work **

** PRESENTATION RUBRIC ** ** -Nonverbal skills ** ** -Audience Awareness ** ** -Verbal skills ** ** -Organization ** ** -Visuals ** ** -Content ** || • Quiz: Mars Geography • Test: Short answer Mars Colony standards • Google Docs Portfolio: Design of groups portion of the Mars colony 1) Research and Technology: 2) Landing Site: 3) Goals of Mission: 4) Equipment and Technology: 5) Integration of Resources with Other Groups: 6) Group Reflection: • Check for understanding- Group interview, examining student work, teacher questioning, observations, and think alouds. • Timely feedback- Oral defense of checklist || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * Other Evidence **(OE)** ||
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * Self-Assessment **(SA)** ||
 * • Pre-assessment- KWL

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** • all systems have a flow of energy and matter; cycles, and conservation • s elect the design that best meets established criteria. Use models and simulations as prototypes in the design planning process. || •Earth's place in the universe •Systems and conservation of matter ||
 * Understanding || Goal (MLR) ||
 * • the basic needs of life and how technology, science and engineering can support life on another planet.

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 ||
 * •Basic needs of life can be supported with the resources available on Mars || •Space exploration has a dependance on technology ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * //**Task Description:**// **(T)** ||
 * Students will create a computer model of their component of a Mars colony using Google Sketch Up. Students will divided into small groups designing a solution to sustaining life on Mars. Air, Water, Food, Shelter, Waste Management and Recreation for a Mars Colony the size of our school (about 1500 students). Students will keep a design portfolio of their research and engineering solution to their groups given problem. Each group will present their plan to the entire team of students and teachers. The class will then incorporate each groups design into a complete unit for a colony on Mars. Students have Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how that shapes society and culture. Senate congressional NASA division on spending will be your audience. ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * Type II Product || Type of Presentation ||
 * • Google Sketchup || • Projected plan of their Mars Colony on screen to be reviewed by NASA Senate Sub-Committee on Spending to have their proposal win the contract for team colony. ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// • Design goals • Technology • Landing Site • Scientific knowledge • Group work || • Nonverbal skills • Audience awareness • Verbal skills • Organization • Visuals • Content ||
 * Product Criteria || Presentation Criteria ||
 * • Google Sketchup skill
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**