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Classifying Materials

Grades 5-8 Performance Task

Contributed by: Council Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

Students study chemical elements as substances with properties that distinguish them from other elements. Students are instructed to determine some properties of several elements they are given. They study each element's magnetic properties and density. Students group the elements according to their relative magnetic properties and densities and explain the basis of their classification system.



 

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