Summative Assessment

Task 1
Unit description
-Introducing (GRASP)
cells
Goal: To perform an experiment that demonstrates the osmosis process in the plant cell.
Role: As a biologist you will show howScience
osmosisDepartment
in potato tissue resembles
– Grade 7 transport in cells.
Audience: To demonstrate to your classmates and teacher the importance of osmosis as a means of
transport of water. Teacher: Ms. Lama / Ms. Nahla
Situation: You studied the passive transport process in the class, and you will illustrate the osmosis
process in plant cells. Academic Year 2022-2023
Product or Performance: A lab report.
Standards for success: You will be evaluated according to Criteria B (Inquiring and designing) and C
(Processing and evaluating).

Instructions:
Use a pen (blue or black) to write your answers.

Evaluation:

Assessment Level Student’s Reflection Teacher’s comment

criteria

Student’s name: _____________________________

Parents’ Signature: __________________________

The criterion evaluated in this assessment is criterion B and C.

CRITERION B: Inquiring and designing

Achieve Level descriptor Specific task descriptor Level by

ment teacher
level

The student does not reach a standard
0
described by any of the descriptors below.
1-2 The student is able to:
i. state a problem or question to be tested by a
scientific investigation, with limited success
The student does not reach a standard described
by any of the descriptors below.
The student is able to:
i. state a problem or question to be tested by a
scientific investigation, with limited success
about osmosis.

ii. state a testable hypothesis
iii. state the variables
The student is able to:
i. state a problem or question to be tested by a
scientific investigation
ii. outline a testable hypothesis using
scientific reasoning
3-4
iii. outline how to manipulate the variables,
and state how relevant data will be collected
The student is able to:
i. outline a problem or question to be tested by
a scientific investigation
ii. outline and explain a testable hypothesis
using scientific reasoning
5-6
iii. outline how to manipulate the variables,
and outline how sufficient, relevant data will
be collected
The student is able to:
i. describe a problem or question to be tested
by a scientific investigation.
ii. outline and explain a testable hypothesis
using correct scientific reasoning.
7-8
iii. describe how to manipulate the variables,
and describe how sufficient, relevant data
will be collected.
CRITERION C: Inquiring and designing
Achieve Level descriptor
ment
level
The student does not reach a standard
0
described by any of the descriptors below.
The student is able to:
1-2
i.collect and present data in numerical and/or
visual forms
ii. accurately interpret data.
ii. state a testable hypothesis about the transport
across the membrane specifically osmosis
iii. state the variables of the experiment.
The student is able to:
i. state a problem or question to be tested by a
scientific investigation about osmosis.
ii. outline a testable hypothesis about the
transport across the membrane specifically
osmosis using scientific reasoning
iii. outline how to manipulate the variables, and
state how relevant data will be collected in the
experiment.
The student is able to:
i. outline a problem or question to be tested by a
scientific investigation about osmosis.
ii. outline and explain a testable hypothesis
about the transport across the membrane
specifically osmosis using scientific reasoning
iii. outline how to manipulate the variables, and
outline how sufficient, relevant data will be
collected in the experiment.
The student is able to:
i. describe a problem or question to be tested by a
scientific investigation about osmosis.
ii. outline and explain a testable hypothesis
about the transport across the membrane
specifically osmosis using correct scientific
reasoning.
iii. describe how to manipulate the variables, and
describe how sufficient, relevant data will be
collected in the experiment.
Specific task descriptor Level by
teacher
The student does not reach a standard described
by any of the descriptors below.
The student is able to:
i. collect data in numerical form.
ii. Make a conclusion about osmosis in plant cells
from the data.
 iii. briefly outline whether the method was valid
or not.
iii. state the validity of a hypothesis with
limited reference to a scientific investigation.

The student is able to: The student is able to:

i.. correctly collect and present data in
numerical and/or visual forms.
ii. accurately interpret data and explain results
iii. state the validity of a hypothesis based on
the outcome of a scientific investigation.
3-4
i. correclty collect and present data in numerical
form.
ii. accurately make a conclusion about osmosis in
plant cells while describing the results.
iii. briefly outline whether the method was valid
or not based on the results.

The student is able to: The student is able to:

i. correctly collect, organize and present
data in numerical and/or visual forms
ii. accurately interpret data and describe
results using scientific reasoning.
5-6 iii. outline the validity of a hypothesis based
on the outcome of a scientific investigation.
i. correctly collect , organize and present data in
numerical form
ii. accurately make a conclusion about osmosis in
plant cells while describing the results using
scientific reasoning.
iii. briefly give a brief account whether the
method was valid or not based on the results.
.

The student is able to: The student is able to:

i. correctly collect, organize, transform and
present data in numerical and/ or visual forms
ii. accurately interpret data and describe
results using correct scientific t reasoning.
7-8 iii- discuss the validity of a hypothesis based
on the outcome of a scientific investigation
iii. correctly collect, organize , transform and
present data in numerical form.
ii. accurately make a conclusion about osmosis in
plant cells while describing the results using
correct scientific reasoning.
iii. briefly discuss whether the method was valid
or not based on the results.

Osmosis in a plant cell

You have studied in the types of passive transport in a plant cell: diffusion and osmosis. In this
lab activity you are going to demonstrate how osmosis takes place in plant cell (potato cell).
Three identical potato pieces will be cut, weighed, and added to a three solutions of different
salt concentrations. They will be kept overnight (24 hours) and then weighed the second day.
You will be recording your data in a table and formulating significant conclusion about osmosis
process.

B.i Aim of your experiment:

Question:
A scientific question
should be testable,
why are you doing the
experiment?
B.ii  Hypothesis:
Hypothesis:
“If.., then..
“Statement
Should include the
dependent and
independent variable.
B.iii Independent variable: (What are you going to change?)
Variables:

Dependent variable: (What are you going to measure?)

Control variable: (What are you going to keep the same?)

B.iii Materials:
Materials used in the
experiment.
Procedure/ Method Procedures (steps): Use the third language ( past tense).
Like a recipe in
a numbered list. 
Someone else should
be able to follow this
and get similar results

C. (i and ii.)
Data displayed in a Salt Initial mass Final mass Change in
visual from. concentration mass

C.iii
Explain if your
hypothesis was valid.
C.iii
Suggest
improvements/contro
l measures

How could you make

this a better
investigation?