Criterion C (processing and evaluating)

Hot wheel track
Summative Assessment Task

Name: ………………………………………….

Date: .........................                     
Class: MYP 3 ……..

Level achieved 

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Teacher’s comment 

Student’s comment
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Criterion C
You will be assessed according to the following criterion:

Achievement Level descriptor Level graded

level

0 The student does not reach a The student does not reach a standard described by
standard described by any of the any of the descriptors below
descriptors below.

1-2 The student is able to:  Show your results  in a table or other form
i. collect and present data in  Plot your results on a graph 
 numerical and/or visual forms  Write if your hypothesis matches the
ii. interpret data conclusion in  short answer
iii. state the validity of a hypothesis  Write if your method was correct in a short
based on the outcome of a form
scientific  Write what will you improve next time in a
investigation short form.
iv. state the validity of the method
based on the outcome of a
scientific
investigation
v. state improvements or
extensions to the method.

3-4 The student is able to:  Show your results correctly in a table or other
i. correctly collect and present data form
in numerical and/or visual forms  Plot your results on a graph accurately and
ii. accurately interpret data and explain your results
explain results  Write if your hypothesis matches the
iii. outline the validity of a conclusion in  some details
hypothesis based on the outcome  Write if your method was correct in some
of a scientific details
investigation  Write what will you improve next time in
iv. outline the validity of the some details.
method based on the outcome of a
scientific
investigation
v. outline improvements or
extensions to the method that
would benefit the
scientific investigation.

5-6 The student is able to:  Show your results correctly and organized in a
i. correctly collect, organize and table or other form
present data in numerical and/or  Plot your results on a graph accurately and
visual explain your results giving a reason
forms  Write if your hypothesis matches the
ii. accurately interpret data and conclusion in  details
explain results using scientific  Write if your method was correct in details
reasoning  Write what will you improve next time in
iii. discuss the validity of a details.
hypothesis based on the outcome
of a scientific
investigation
iv. discuss the validity of the
method based on the outcome of a
scientific
investigation
v. describe improvements or
extensions to the method that
would benefit the
 scientific investigation.

7-8 The student is able to:  Show your results correctly and organized 
i. correctly collect, organize, using some conversions of units if applicable
transform and present data in in a table or other form
numerical and/  Plot your results on a graph accurately and
or visual forms explain your results giving correct reason
ii. accurately interpret data and  Write if your hypothesis matches the
explain results using correct conclusion in  details (mentioning strengths
scientific and weaknesses)
reasoning  Write if your method was correct in details
iii. evaluate the validity of a (mentioning strengths and weaknesses)
hypothesis based on the outcome  Write what will you improve next time in
of a scientific details, giving more details than level 5-6
investigation
iv. evaluate the validity of the
method based on the outcome of a
scientific
investigation
v. explain improvements or
extensions to the method that
would benefit the
scientific investigation.

Results: Record your results in an appropriate form.

Slides Measure the slope for each distance covered by the car Time Speed
(different slide (meter) (sec) m/s
slops)
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Presenting your data:

What variable from your experiment will appear on the x-axis? Why?
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What variable from your experiment will appear on the y-axis? Why?
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Draw a graph to represent your results.

7.  Interpret & Explain Results:
Look at your results. Write down what have you noticed or observed?
Did the slope of the tracks affect the speeds of the toy cars? Explain why or why
not?

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8. Conclusion:

Do your results match your hypothesis at the beginning or not?

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Why? Give evidence based on your scientific knowledge.

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9. Evaluate the method and Discuss improvements to the method:

Method or step from the experiment

i. List methods or steps from the experiment that did not work very
well or that could have been sources of error in the experiment
results. (write at least 3 points)

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Suggestion for improvement

ii. Based on your previous answer in (9 i) Describe how you could do
the method or step differently so that there could be no inaccurate
results (suggest an improvement to each error (from what you
wrote) 

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iii. Describe the strengths in your method (what works well in your
investigation
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10. Extension to the method:

i. Now that you have finished your experiment and analyzed your results,
what is a new or different idea or question you have about the topic?
(think about different idea can be tested using the same wheel track)
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ii. Based on the previous question What can you change in your methods
in order to test your new question or idea (write a briefly how will you test
the new question)?
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