Authentic+Assessments

 The purpose of this assignment is for you to create an authentic assessment for use in a high school biology class. Your assessment should include both a student handout and a rubric by which you will grade the students. The posted assignment sheet describes the requirements in further detail. This assignment does not require a formal lesson plan.



**Murphy - Photosynthesis Comic Book**: This authentic assessment is a comic book that is done in pairs and used to describe photosynthesis. This assessment requires students to use their knowledge on photosynthesis and create creative and informative comic scenes. Five objectives will be assessed using this assignment and the assignment as a whole is worth 13 points. Murphy - Photosynthesis Comic Book Rubric Murphy - Photosynthesis Comic Book Resources

**3D Cell Diorama-Melissa Doellman:** This authentic assessment requires students to create a 3D cell diorama using a factory of choice as a model. Students will work in pairs to complete this project. Students must select features and areas of their factory of choice to represent cell structures. Choices must be based on the function of cell structure in an actual cell and the function of the feature within the factory. The entire project is worth 45 points. Doellman-This document is the grading rubric for the 3D Cell Diorama authentic assessment.

**Leone: The Wetlands Solution Project** - This authentic assessment is a continuation of my lab assignment. In the lab the students were told that ecologists in Mississippi needed them to investigate what happens to freshwater plants when they encounter large amounts of salt water. This correlated to the "problem" in Mississippi that since Hurricane Katrina, the freshwater wetlands on the Gulf Coast are being flooded with salt water and it is causing drastic problems. This authentic assessment asks my students to come up with a solution to the problem, do thorough research on its implementation, and then to present it to the ecologists and some Mississippi State Representatives. This portion of the project is worth 50 points for the powerpoint and a total of 70 when added in with the 20 point lab assignment.

Leone - Grading Rubric for The Wetlands Solution Project

Leone - Objectives to Wetlands Solution Project and references.


 * Monaco: Natural Selection in Plain English -** This authentic assessment requires students to create a Plain English video of one of three types of natural selection: disruptive, stabilizing, or directional. Plain English videos take a complicated concept and break it down using simple explanations and graphics. Examples can be found at [|www.commoncraft.com]. Students will work on this project in groups using a real-life example of their assigned type of selection to illustrate the definition and explain the concept. The project is worth 32 points.

Also, for an example using a science concept and an idea of how a non-professional video may look, take a look at one I created on Frequency-Dependent Selection: []



Quinn, DNA Models Student Handout. This authentic assessment requires students to create a model of a DNA strand and RNA complimenting strand which they will have to translate into the proteins the bases would code for. Students will complete this assignment on their own. Quinn, DNA Models Rubric Quinn, DNA Models Resources

**Benjamin: Pathogens Wanted Student Handout:** This authentic assessment has students create a wanted poster for a particular pathogen. Students will investigate information about their pathogen, create a wanted poster and educate fellow classmates regarding their wanted pathogen.

**Benjamin:** Pathogens Wanted Rubric


 * [[file:Benjamin, Jamie objectives.docx]] Benjamin:** Pathogens Wanted objectives and references

**Bagby Authentic Assessment: Invertebrate Project Student Handout.** In this authentic assessment students will research an invertebrate and from their research students will create a presentation and model of the organism.

**Bagby Authentic Assessment:** List of Invertebrates to be included in project

**Bagby Authentic Assessment:** Rubric

**Abbott Authentic Assessment: Genetic Disorders Presentation:** This authentic assessment requires the student to research a specific genetic disorder and create a pamphlet and give an oral presentation with a poster. There will also be a question and answer in which students and the teacher will be allowed to ask at least three questions and the presenter will be expected to answer appropriately.

**Abbott Authentic Assessment:** Rubric

**Abbott Authentic Assessment:** Objectives

**Abbott Authentic Assessment:** Resources

**Dawson Authentic Assessment: Abiotic/Biotic Dichotomous Key**: This authentic assessment requires the students to go on a scavenger hunt for abiotic and biotic factors in a nature preserve. With the specimens that they collect, the students will create a dichotomous key to classify them into abiotic and biotic factors and identify them. The assessment is worth 25 points and is planned over three class periods. **Dawson Authentic Assessment:** Teacher's Notes, includes referneces **Dawson Authentic Assessment:** Scoring Rubric **Dawson Authentic Assessment:** Dichotomous Key Example

**Serritella Authentic Assessment:** Student Handout This authentic assessment requires the students to research information about past time eras, and apply what they find to what they have learned in class (Selection, Food Chains, Plate Tectonics) to creating their very own Dinosaur Preserve. Objectives Rubric

Simonson Authentic Assessment: Student handout, Rubric, Objectives, and Resources. In this authentic assessment the students will get into groups of three and create a anatomy review game that the rest of the class will use as a review. Wisniewski, Authentic Assessment. This project involves students working in groups of two, doing research on a major environmental environmental problem assigned to them. They must put together a 5-7 minute newscast video that discusses their topic and other major points outlined on the assignment sheet and in the rubric. The objectives and resources can be found in the student handout at the end.Wisniewski, Grading Rubric for environment project

Weems, Authentic Assessment. This project involves studentw working in groups to research and create a video and brochure on a disease or condition caused by a problem with homeostasis. They must make a 2-4 min In Plain English Video, script, and an accompanying brochure. This is the student handout. Weems, Rubric.This is the rubric for which the student will be graded for this project. Weems, Brochure example.

For this project, students will be given a memo from the Surgical Associates of Bloomington-Normal asking them to help design job opening advertisements for various organs. Each group of 2 or 3 will be randomly assigned an organ to research, create a poster, and present to the class. Students will be responsible for the information given during all presentations. This project could be done as an introduction to the body systems and encourages creativity and cooperation within a group.
 * Arianna Medema: Authentic Assessment**
 * Body Systems Presentations**

Student handout and objectives Rubric References

For this project the student will work in groups and develope their own experiments. This project is something that I would use for more of a Bio II class oran AP Bio class, because the students can design their experiment around any topic they would like. Their only restriction is that is had to be related to biology. Within the student hand out is a timeline for when important parts of the project is due, and at the end of the project the students are expected to show their results in a power point poster. Student Handout Rubric Objectives and References
 * Megan Sharp Authentic Assessment**
 * Experimental Design**

(STUDENT HANDOUT AND RUBRIC) For this authentic assessment the student will create a video with 3 other students that demonstrates their knowledge of a possible ecological problem. The video will be in interview form with each student creating at least 3 interview questions. Students will be expected to research the topic, find its affects on the environment, and propose possible solutions to help minimize the damage. Objectives and Resources for Ecology Video Project.

This project works with Reebops, but instead of working with genetics, these Reebops will help to evaluate their knowledege of evolution and natural selection. Each student or group is given for extant Reebop species and its environment. It is their job to try to determine what the most recent common ancestor looked like. Through this process they will look at different characteristics, build a model of their Reebop and think about what may have influenced the changes in the different traits. The grading rubric is posted below. This file contains the grading rubric and student objectives. STUDENT HANDOUT AND RUBRIC- For this assessment, the students will work individually to come up with a RAFT (Role Audience Form Topic) from a list provided for a Biomes unit. They will use their creativity for this assessment and will present their final project in front of the class. Example of a RAFT, Role is Rainforest, Audience is migratory animals, Form is an advertisement, and Topic is why they should migrate to the rainforest. Resources for this project

Prendergast, Michael-Authentic Assesment. Phylum Movies. To assess student's knowledge of the animal phyla, they will have to pick a phylum as a cast of an upcoming movie. Groups will be expected to create a movie poster promoting their film, a movie synopsis to describe their cast, a movie review to analyze the evolutionary advantages of the phylum, and a movie trailer to depict the phylum and bring the movie to life! Rubric and student objectives are included.

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