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=Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

Role: You are a meteorologist who must present an outstanding weather segment in order to keep your job. Audience: The target audience is the Network Directors who are fed up with your terrible weather reports. It is your job to prove to them that you thoroughly know your planet's atmospheric conditions and that you can deliver an excellent forecast. Situation: This task requires that you are very knowledgeable about the composition and overall atmospheric conditions of your planet. In the past few days, you have delivered horrible weather forecasts that were not clear, detailed, or accurate. Your news station is losing ratings while the competition is gaining ratings because of your poor presentations so you are now under review. The Network Directors will be observing your next weather forecast to determine if you are worth keeping as the news team's meteorologist. You have to prove to the Network Directors that you truly are an expert in your field and that you can give an outstanding forecast. If your weather segment is anything less than exceptional then you will lose your job and the station will lose its number one status. Remember, it is important that you know your planet inside and out in order to give your most accurate presentation. Now go get out there and show those directors what you are really made of!! Product/Presentation: Using Powerpoint or iMovie, you will create and present a 3 to 6 minute realistic seven day weather forecast for the planet of your choice, excluding Earth, in order to prove to your bosses that you have what it takes. Standards (criteria from both rubrics): Oral Presentation: Preparedness, Content, Speaks Clearly, Time-limit, Attire, Reality iMovie/Powerpoint: Content, Mechanics, Organization, Attractiveness, Accuracy, Learning of Material || • Labs: using models, investigate how the different distances planets are from the sun affect their atmosphere. || • During the last 10 minutes of class everyday, students will discuss their personal progress in small groups. • Students will create a final portfolio of all of the work they've done and will reflect on it at the end of the unit. || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): **(T)** ||
 * Goal: Your individual task is to give an accurate seven day forecast of a particular region on the planet of your choice, other than Earth, in order to keep your job. Your last three weather forecasts have been less than satisfactory so your bosses, the Network Directors, are giving you one last chance to redeem yourself. If your seven day forecast is not clear, detailed, and accurate, then you will be fired.
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * Other Evidence **(OE)** ||
 * •Assessments:
 * Create a ComicLife that outlines why Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.
 * Start small group discussions about why the outer planets are mostly made of gaseous material.
 * Write a song or poem that explains why Earth has seasons.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * Self-Assessment **(SA)** ||
 * • Students will create a blog account where they will post blogs about their experiences before, during, and after each project.

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** D. Physical Setting D1. Universe and Solar System Students will explain the movements and describe the location, composition, and characteristics of our solar system and universe, including planets, the sun, and galaxies. a. Describe the different kinds of objects in the solar system including planets, sun, moons, asteroids, and comets. ||
 * Understanding || Goal (MLR) ||
 * • There are many different kinds of objects in the solar system including planets, the sun, moons, asteroids, and comets. || • MLR: Science and Technology

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
 * Big Idea || Big Idea ||
 * • Planets || • Atmospheric Conditions ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * //**Task Description:**// **(T)** ||
 * You are meteorologist on one of the most popular news stations on your planet. You absolutely love your job but your last few weather segments have not been up to par and the Network Directors are on the brink of firing you. Your news station is number one on the planet but the competition is catching up. They are coming up with catchy new ideas to deliver the weather that are working because their ratings have started to climb. Your bosses are starting to get nervous so they have put you under review and will be giving you one last chance to prove to them that you are a great and masterful meteorologist. They will be carefully observing your next presentation of a seven day forecast so it is your job to deliver an extraordinarily clear, detailed, and accurate forecast so you can keep your job and your news station at number one. Your seven day forecast will be based on the actual atmospheric conditions of any planet in our solar system other than Earth. It is important to thoroughly research your chosen planet in order to become a true expert and be able to deliver your best forecast. This is your job and your news stations number one status on the line so make sure to give it all you got and show those directors what you are really made of!! ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * Type II Product || Type of Presentation ||
 * • Powerpoint or iMovie || • Oral Presentation ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// • Mechanics 5% • Organization 10% • Attractiveness 10% • Accuracy 15% • Learning of Material 20% || • Preparedness 20% • Content 45% • Speaks Clearly 10% • Time-Limit 5% • Attire 5% • Reality 15% ||
 * Product Criteria || Presentation Criteria ||
 * • Content 40%
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**