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Classifying Materials
Examples of Student Work
Contributed by: Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

In the anchor set, there is one example for each score point ranging from 1 up to 4 for questions 1 and 2.
In the discussion set, there is one example for each score point ranging from 1 up to 4 for questions 1 and 2.



Discussion Set
Item 2 - Event Score = 4

Please answer the following questions by yourself.

  1. On an exploration of the Appalachian Mountains, suppose you find a solid material. When you break the material apart, you see that the inside of the material is silvery and shiny. Your teacher tells you that the shiny material consists of a single element. Using your knowledge of the Periodic Table and of investigative techniques, describe a procedure that you would use to classify and identify the shiny material.







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