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Classifying Candy I
Task with Student Directions
Contributed by: New York State Alternative Assessment in Science Project

At this station, you will be putting candy into groups.

Materials:

  • Candy bag
  • Test card

Directions:

  • Place all of the candies on the test sheet in the top box labeled Place Candy Here.

  • Using the test card as your guide, divide all the candies into two groups, Group 1 and Group 2.

  • All the candies in Group 1 must have the same property and all the candies in Group 2 must have the same property.

  • Use all the candies.

Questions

  1. What property do the candies in Group 1 have in common?


  2. What property do the candies in Group 2 have in common?


Directions

  • Place all the candies in the next box labeled Place Candy Here.

  • Using the test card as your guide, divide all the candies into two new groups, New Group 1 and New Group 2 using different properties than you used in part B.

  • All the candies in New Group 1 must have the same property and all the candies in New Group 2 must have the same property.

  • Use all the candies.

Questions

  1. What property do the candies in New Group 1 have in common?


  2. What property do the candies in New Group 2 have in common?



NYS Alternative Assessment in Science Project
NSF Grant #MDR-9154506
Copyright, April 1996
The State University of New York
The State Education Department
Albany, New York 12234

 


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