Contributed by: California Systemic Initiative Assessment (CSIA)
There is one example for each score point ranging from 4 down to 1.
Explanations of the scores were written by staff from the California
Systemic Initaitive Assessment Collaborative (C.S.I.A.C.) who conducted
training and scoring of field tested events.
Question 1 - Event Score = 4
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Question 1
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Descriptions of the lab activity are specific,
detailed, and correct. Response connects plate motion to the
upward movement of the sand to create a mound or ridge.
"When you slid one plate under the other plate that caused
the sand to pile up. The upward movement caused a mountain
on the fault line."
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Question 2 - Event Score = 4
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Question 2
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Descriptions of movement of plates toward one
another (producing compression features) are specific and
detailed. Response includes plate movement and subduction.
Includes plate movement toward each other with mountains built
along the plate boundaries--"The excess rock gets
pushed up and forms a hill mountain along the fault line.
When 1 plate is shoved under another, the land is pushed up
resulting in a ridge." |
Question 3 - Event Score = 4
Look at the map below. The mountains in the Pinnacles National
Monument and the mountains at Tejon Pass were once located
next to each other and were part of the same mountain range. Now they
are separated by over 240 kilometers (km).
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Question 3
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Description of movements of plates as they slide
past one another are specific and detailed. Indicates that
mountains were once together--"the fault line could've
separated them. When an earthquake happened it probably moved
them apart a little by plate movement over a period of time."
Indicates direction and reference to activity--"Just
like our sand experiment, the plates had to move in order
for the mountains to be the way they are. |
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