Student Response and Assessment Tools

Lesson Idea Name: Unit 1 Assessment

Content Area: Earth Science
Grade Level(s): 6
Content Standard Addressed:

S6E1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about current scientific views of the
universe and how those views evolved.

Technology Standard Addressed: 1.6a

Selected Technology Tool:

☐ Socrative ☐ iRespond ☐ Quizlet ☐ Plickers ☐ Kahoot! ☒ Office365 Forms
☒ Other: CTLS Assess (Cobb Teaching and Learning System) and Blooket
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Technology that student will use to respond to questions/prompts:

☒ Computer ☐ Hand-held student response system (like iRespond) ☐ Phone ☐ Tablet (such as iPad)
☐ Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Type of session:
☐ Teacher-Paced ☒ Student-Paced
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):
☐ Remembering ☐ Understanding ☐ Applying ☒ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☒ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration:

☒ Infusion Level: Students may work at a higher Bloom’s Level, but they do not have any “Voice or Choice”
during the activity and most of the decisions are made by the teacher.

☐ Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is student-
driven. Students have “Voice and Choice” in the activities, selecting the topic of study and determining the
technology tool to demonstrate mastery of the standard. The teacher becomes more of a facilitator.

☐ Expansion Level: The projects created are shared outside of the classroom, publishing student work and
promoting authorship. This could be reached by showcasing the project on the school’s morning
newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, or publishing via an outside source.

Describe the instructional activities that will occur PRIOR to the SRT activity and how you will introduce
the SRT activity.
Students will be completing a content review game on Blooket to review the content that they will be
assessed on. After the review, the students will be instructed to locate their online assessment in their CTLS
student portal. The teacher will model how to locate, begin, and navigate the assessment before the
students begin.
Describe the purpose of the SRT activity (check all that apply):
☐ Assess prior knowledge ☐ Anticipatory set (Create interest in a topic) ☐ To illuminate common
misconceptions ☐ Formative assessment of content knowledge (for purpose of differentiation and
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mastery for ALL students) ☒ Summative assessment of content knowledge ☐ Test preparation
☐ Survey/Poll ☐ Discussion starter ☐ “Homework” collection ☐ Other (please explain):

Briefly describe what will happen DURING the SRT activity: (What will the students do? What will the
teacher do? What materials are needed? How long with the activity last?)
The students will work through the student paced assessment by typing their answers into the provided text
boxes for each question. The students will have up to 55 minutes to complete the assessment.

Type of questions/prompts used in this activity (check all that apply):

☐ Multiple choice ☐ Multiple select ☐ True/False ☐ Yes/No
☒ Short open-ended response or fill-in the blank ☒ Longer open-ended response

If you are unable to provide a working sample of your questions, please list them below (8-10):
1. What is the relationship between gravity and inertia?
2. What do you think would happen if we did not have gravity in our solar system?
3. What would happen if Earth’s revolution around the sun sped up?
4. What would happen if we tried to develop Jupiter? Would it be successful? Why or why not?
5. How is Venus similar to Earth?
6. What was the problem with the Geocentric theory of the solar system?
7. What would happen if the Earth did not rotate on its axis?
8. Would it be better if we were closer to the sun or further away from the sun? Why?

Right/Wrong answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions?

☐ Yes ☐ No
☒ Mixed (Some will have correct answers, other will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback: Will you pre-select correct answers to some of all of the questions and
display correct response to the class after the SRT activity?
☐ Yes
☒ No
Why or why not?
The students will receive feedback the next day after all students have taken the assessment because it is a
common summative assessment that will be used to collect authentic data for all of 6 th grade.
Describe what will happen AFTER the SRT activity?
After the SRT activity students will complete their unit self-reflection assessment through Microsoft Forms.
The data collected from the SRT activity will determine the next steps for students.
How will the data be used?
The data that is collected will be used to determine which students needed to receive an extension piece and
which students needed to receive a remediation piece. Students will be able to view their data as well as
review the questions that they missed and the questions that they got correct. Students will sit down with the
teacher and they will discuss where the student got confused or where the student excelled.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity.
The personal learning goal for this activity is to attempt an assessment that is not just multiple choice. I hope
students begin to become more comfortable with writing as scientist and working at a higher level.

Reflective Practice:
This lesson could change the way students are assessed. We can move away from just multiple-choice
questions and into a place where they are comfortable with science academic writing. The students will be
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able to enhance their written communication skills as well. Moving the questions to a higher level of thinking
will allow us as educators to truly see which students mastered the content and which students just
memorized the content.

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