4th Grade Performance Task
Contributed by: New York State Education Department (NYSED)
NYS Alternative Assessment in Science Project (1996)
Colored Drops - Scoring Rubric
1. Standard: The student appropriately describes 2 properties
of the blue drop.
Criteria:
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1 point for each reasonable property
Sample of acceptable answers:
- it's a liquid
- it's "runny"
- it's wet
- it's sticky/tacky/gooey
- appears flat
- spreads out
- it's thin
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- cannot be pushed easily
- cannot be pulled easily
- smells like soap
- it sticks to the toothpick
- cannot be dragged
- goes through the wax paper
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*** Blue drop will not exhibit strong properties of cohesion and
surface tension since liquid detergent has been added.
2. Standard: The student correctly described 2 properties
of the yellow drop.
Criteria:
- 1 point for each reasonable property
Sample of acceptable answers:
- it's wet
- it's a liquid
- can be pushed
- clings together
- it moves
- can be dragged
- it stays in a round circle/drop
- it's sticky/tacky/gooey
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- can be broken apart
- can be put back together
- follows the toothpick
- makes a "dome"
- has no smell
- it's thin
- sticks together
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*** Yellow drop will exhibit strong properties of water, such as
cohesion and surface tension.
3. Standard: The student appropriately describes 2 properties
of the drop mixture.
Criteria:
- 1 point for each reasonable property
Sample of acceptable answers:
- it's green
- cannot be dragged
- appears flat
- it's sticky
- it sticks to the toothpick
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- cannot be pushed easily
- cannot be pulled easily
- smells like soap
- it's "runny"
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4. Standard: The student makes an observation about the
combined drops.
Criteria:
- 1 point if the student observes that the new drop of liquid
acts more like the blue drop.
5. Standard: The student provides a reasonable explanation
of choice in question #4.
Criteria:
- 1 point for a reasonable explanation
Sample of acceptable explanations:
- There must have been something in the blue drop that did something
to the yellow drop to change it.
- Something in blue drop changed/broke the surface tension of
yellow drop.
- When the two drops were mixed together it changed the properties
of yellow drop.
- Blue drop seemed to have soap added which changed the way yellow
drop behaved.
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Highest possible score - 8 points
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Scoring Form - Colored Drops
Student ID _____________
Male / Female (circle one)
Circle the student's score for each question. Add
the points for each question and write the total score at the bottom
of the scoring form.
| 1. Properties of blue drop |
0
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1
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2
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| 2. Properties of yellow drop |
0
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1
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2
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| 3. Properties of the mixed drop |
0
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1
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2
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| 4. Observation of the mixed drop |
0
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1
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| 5. Explanation observation in #4 |
0
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1
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Total Score __________
Total possible score - 8 points
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