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Contributed by: New York State Alternative Assessment in Science
Project
Task: At this station, you will be creating a classification
tree.
Materials:
- Candy bag
- Candy tree- test card
Directions:
| A. |
Place all of the candy on the Candy
Tree in the box labeled Place Candy Here. |
| B. |
Using the Candy Tree as your guide, divide all
the candies into two (2) groups, group 1 and group 2. |
| C. |
All of the candies group 1
must have the same property and all
of the candies in group 2 must have the same property. |
| D. |
Use all the candy. |
Questions
- What property does the candy in group 1 have?
____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group 2 have? ____________________________________________________________________
| E. |
Using the Candy Tree as your guide, divide groups
1 and 2 into four (4) new groups, A, B, C, and D so that all
of the candies in each group have the same
property. |
| F. |
Use all the candies. |
Questions
- What property does the candy in group A have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group B have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group C have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group D have? ____________________________________________________________________
| G. |
Using the Candy Tree as your guide, divide groups
A, B, C, and D into eight (8) more groups, #1 - #8, so that
all of the candies in each group
have the same properties. |
| H. |
Use all the candies. |
- What property does the candy in group #1 have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group #2 have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group #3 have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group #4 have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group #5 have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group #6 have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group #7 have? ____________________________________________________________________
- What property does the candy in group #8 have? ____________________________________________________________________
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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