Elementary 3D Task Inventory

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1	3D Assessment Task As we continue to move towards 3 Dimensional Science Instruction we must also introduce 3D assessment opportunities for students. 3D assessments, often called 3D tasks integrate ALL THREE DIMENSIONS with equal (or perhaps roughly equal) emphasis and are built from a specific phenomenon. This requires students to engage in Science and Engineering Practices to demonstrate their understanding of Disciplinary Core Ideas, using the big ideas in the Crosscutting Concepts to add depth and connectedness to their understanding of the content knowledge. These assessments are considered to be more robust and accurate measures of student learning compared to traditional assessments that focus on recall and memorization. They are also what your students will experience on their 5th grade CMAS Exam. A good place to start our your Mystery Science Assessments, they are solid 3D assessments. The spreadsheet below is a collection of existing assessments from across the country designed to support implementation of 3D science instruction. The openly available tasks represent a wide range of task types and purposes. This spreadsheet is also located in your Science Unit Plans under Teacher Notes and is broken down to Earth, Life and Physical science standards and concepts. It is a good idea to introduce these types of assessments to students from Kinder to 4th Grades to better prepare them for success demonstrating their science knowledge in 5th grade.
2	Grade	Domain (Earth, Life, Physical)	Task Name	Phenomenon Based Scenario	Type	Scope of Task	Source	Cross Cutting Concepts		Science and Engineering Practices			Science, technology, Society and Environment	Nature of Science

3	K	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Weather	Students chosing best day for picnic based on weather	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
4	K	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Beavers	Animals can change the environment where they live	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
5	K	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Levi and Friend	Heavier Objects Require More Force to Move (All Other Things Being Equal)	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Cause and Effect		Developing and Using Models	Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
6	K	ESS3: Earth and Human Activity	Weather- choosing right shoes	Choosing shoes for weather	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
7	K	ESS3: Earth and Human Activity	Using weather forecast to be prepared	The weather was so severe it lifted a trampoline off the ground	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
8	K	ESS3: Earth and Human Activity	Plants in a garden	A child enters his garden and notices several plants and vegetables have been partially eaten.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Asking Questions and Defining Problems
9	K	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Patterns in Weather	noticing weather patterns over time, and connecting that to what you might wear	Performance Task	Curriculum Embedded task	WA ClimeTime	patterns		analyzing and interpreting data	constructing Explanations
10	K	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Grass	All Living things need water to survive	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
11	K	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Obtaining food	Animals eat different food	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
12	K	LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	Environmental Change	Find evidence for the ways plants and animals have changed the environment around the school.	Performance Task	inquiry units	SNAP	Cause and Effect		Developing and Using Models	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
13	K	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Let's Get Pushy	It is difficult to push a toy truck over a large crack in the sidewalk.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KS NE
14	K	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Shuffleboard	how pucks move on a model shuffleboard	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	AMSTI	cause and effect		planning and carrying out investigations
15	K	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Push and Pull	A group of children were playing outside and observed people pushing and pulling things to get them to move.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Planning and Carrying out Investigations
16	K	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Swing	A child sees a friend swinging on a swing without someone pushing him.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Analyzing and Interpreting Data
17	K	PS3: Energy	Ouch	design a hat to prevent sunburn	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	AMSTI	cause and effect		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
18	K	PS3: Energy	Snow Patterns	evaluating experiments to determine which will provide evidence for why we see snow in the shade but not other areas	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	AMSTI	patterns	cause and effect	analyzing and interpreting data	planning and carrying out investigations
19	K	PS3: Energy	Umbrellas	On a hot day people will sometimes use umbrellas or tents to sit under.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Asking Questions and Defining Problems	Planning and Carrying out Investigations
20	K	PS3: Energy	Sunlight	My friend took off her sandals to play on the grass field. When she went to put the sandals back on, they were too hot for her feet.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Asking Questions and Defining Problems
21	K	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Cole's Chart	Needs of Organisms	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
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24	1	ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe	Moon Patterns	how does the moon move through the sky during the day	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	AMSTI	patterns		Developing and using models	constructing explanations
25	1	ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe	Summer and Winter Morning	Images taken at the same time of day at the same place, one in winter and one in summer.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
26	1	ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe	Shadows	Students notice shadows move throughout the day	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
27	1	ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe	Sunlight in different seasons	There is different amount of daylight in summer and winter	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
28	1	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Which Model is Best?	Plants need water and light to grow.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Developing and Using Models	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
29	1	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Can you see what I see?	Illumination Affects Visibility	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Cause and Effect		Planning Carrying Out Investigations	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
30	1	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Animal Mimicry	Students investigate which things would help people move through snowy environments	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	LACOE	Structure and Function		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions			The Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World
31	1	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	People Plants and Pineapple	What helps plants survive in drought	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	LACOE	Structure and Function		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
32	1	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Fantasy Bird	Create a fantasy bird that has adaptive features	Performance Task	Project/Longer PA	MCIEA			Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
33	1	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Plants along the river bank	Plants along the river bank are green but farther from the river bank the plants are brown.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Planning and Carrying out Investigations
34	1	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Anteater	Anteater's tongue is 2 feet long	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
35	1	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Baby Orangutan	Baby Orangutan copies mother	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
36	1	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Understanding Plants	Students act as botanists to research parts of plants and each part’s purpose. Students report out to other students about what they have learned about plant parts through a poster, slideshow, or written report.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	MCIEA			Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
37	1	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Just Passing Through	Interaction of Light with Materials	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Planning Carrying Out Investigations	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
38	1	LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	Lady bugs	Animals don't always look exactly alike	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
39	1	LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity	Picnic Time	Shadows	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
40	1	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Just Like Me	Similarities in Functions of Body Structures	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Engaging In Argument from Evidence
41	1	PS3: Energy	Dog Coat Color	Genetics of Dog Coat Color in Laborador Retrievers	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Engaging In Argument from Evidence
42	1	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Biomimicry	How have animals made our lives easier?	Performance Task	inquiry units	SNAP	Structure and Function		Asking Questions and Defining Problems	Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
43	1	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Kani Ka Pila	vibrating materials	Embedded Lesson	Project/Longer PA	HI	multiple possible		Planning and Carrying Out Investigations	Developing and Using Models
44	1	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Testing Sound	How can sound be transmited	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	LACOE	Cause and Effect		Planning and Carrying out Investigations
45	1	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Piano Keys	Playing a Piano Key makes sounds	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Planning and Carrying out Investigations
46	1	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Light	Light illumates things so they can be seen	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Developing and Using models
47	1	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Effect of materials in the path of a beam of light		Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Planning and Carrying out Investigations
48	1	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Creating a device to communicate across field		Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Structure and Function		Asking Questions and Defining Problems	Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
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51	2	ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe	Caves	how caves we see form	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	AMSTI	stability and change		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
52	2	ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe	Changes in Earth's Surface	Cracks show up in a road	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Stability and Change		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
53	2	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Landforms	Patterns of landforms in Utah.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Developing and Using models
54	2	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Sandcastles	Water and wind cause changes in sand formation	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Stability and Change		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
55	2	ESS3: Earth and Human Activity	Erosion Control	Design solutions to prevent erosion	Performance Task	Project/Longer PA	MCIEA			Developing and using models	Constructing explanations and designing solutions
56	2	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Bird Beaks	Birds have different beaks	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Structure and Function		Planning and Carrying out Investigations	Developing and Using models
57	2	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Hiking in Alaska	Helping people survive hiking in Alaska's winter months	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Structure and Function		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
58	2	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Rebuilding a boardwalk post hurricane	Should a boardwalk be rebuilt after a hurricane?	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	SNAP	Stability and Change		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
59	2	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Hitch a Ride	develop a model of how 2 different kinds of seeds disperse	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	AMSTI	structure and function		analyzing and interpreting data	developing and using models
60	2	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Pollination	What is pollination	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	LACOE	Structure and Function		Developing and Using models
61	2	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Animals of Utah	Animals in different habitats have different characteristics	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
62	2	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Dispersing Seeds	Animals help disperse seeds	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Structure and Function		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information	Developing and Using models
63	2	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Habitats	Students choose a habitat to research	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	MCIEA			Developing and Using models
64	2	LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity	Harvest Time: Three Sisters Gardening	Harvesting crops from their garden.	Embedded Lesson	Project/Longer PA	HI
65	2	LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity	Desert Wetlands	Comparing diferent habitats	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	LACOE			Planning and Carrying out Investigations				Scientific Knowledge is Based on Empirical Evidence
66	2	PS1: Matter and Its Interactions	Germinating Seeds	Effect of Heat on Seed Germination	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
67	2	PS1: Matter and Its Interactions	Unbe“weaveable” Placemats	Using a placemat to make a new object	Embedded Lesson	Project/Longer PA	HI	Structure and Function		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
68	2	PS1: Matter and Its Interactions	Classifying Materials		Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Planning and Carrying out Investigations
69	2	PS1: Matter and Its Interactions	Purpose of materials	A materials properties help determine how it can be used	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Structure and Function		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
70	2	PS1: Matter and Its Interactions	Building Blocks	Blocks can be rearranged to change function	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Structure and Function		Developing and Using models
71	2	PS1: Matter and Its Interactions	Heating and cooling	Things change when they are heated or cooled.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Stability and Change		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
72	2	PS3: Energy	Habitat Task	Compare animal characteristics across different habitats	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction			Engaging in Argument from Evidence
73	2	PS4: Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	Junk Drawer Finds	Properties of Matter	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Asking Questions and Defining Problems	Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
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76	3	ESS2: Earth's Systems	My Teacher Needs a Vacation	Weather and Climate	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	LACOE	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
77	3	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Kites in Salt Lake City	Different times of year are better for flying kites.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information	Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
78	3	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Climate Patterns	In January, a suitcase was left behind at the airport. Based on the flight schedule, it must have come from either Egypt, Greenland or Madagasca	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
79	3	ESS2: Earth's Systems	Solve a Problem Using Magnets	Find a problem like efficient transit system that can be addressed using magnets	Performance Task	Project/Longer PA	MCIEA			Developing and using models
80	3	ESS3: Earth and Human Activity	Snow Success	Build a house to withstand a natural hazard	Performance Task	Project/Longer PA	MCIEA			Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
81	3	ESS3: Earth and Human Activity	Weather Hazards	There are many tornadoes in Kansas that cause a lot of damage.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
82	3	ETS1: Engineering Design	Growing Plants-- Using a Simulation about Plant Needs	Students use a simulation to test different variables and explore how different plants have different needs. Then, students connect what they saw in the simulation to plants in their area.	Performance Task	Curriculum Embedded task	WA ClimeTime	cause and effect	patterns	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
83	3	LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	Sunflowers	A student planted a sunflower seed in the front yard and watched it grow. The student noticed small, yellow eggs near the sunflower.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Developing and Using models
84	3	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Sunflower Salutations	Heliotropism	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
85	3	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Time for Recess	Design a communication strategy to help improve transition from recess back to class.	Performance Task	inquiry units	SNAP	Cause and Effect		Planning and Carrying Out Investigations	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
86	3	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Emperor Penguins	Male emperor penguins carry chicks on their feet. The adult penguins are observed forming huddles. They move around within the huddles.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
87	3	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	June Sucker Fish	As carp fish population increases, June Sucker fish popualtions decrease	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Stability and Change		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
88	3	LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	Mindful Mobilizers	Create mobiles to investigate how multiple forces act on objects.	Performance Task	inquiry units	SNAP	Cause and Effect		Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
89	3	LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	Traits and the Environment	How to grow the largest pumpin	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	LACOE	Cause and Effect		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
90	3	LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	Guinea Pigs	Suzy’s pet guinea pigs have three babies. The babies do not look exactly the same.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data
91	3	LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	Mule Deer	Mule deer coats are different in the summer than they are in the winter.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information
92	3	LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	Tugboat Wars	Effects of Forces on Objects - 1 Dimension	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Cause and Effect		Developing and Using Models	Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
93	3	LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity	Fish Survival	Two students are debating which fish will survive better in an open ocean environment.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Systems and Systems Models		Analyzing and Interpreting Data
94	3	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Weather and Regions	explore weather data and make predictions about the nature of weather in different seasons based on historical data patterns. Scale is also explored as students are asked to explain the difference between weather and climate so some understanding that climate is weather data collected over time, averaged over decades is needed.	Performance Task	Curriculum Embedded task	WA ClimeTime	patterns		Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communcating Information	analyzing and interpreting data
95	3	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Sledding	A kid sat on a sled on top of the hill. They found a way to go down the hill faster and faster.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Planning and Carrying out Investigations
96	3	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Pendulum	The length of the string on a pendulum affects how fast it swings back and forth.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data
97	3	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Cloth in Space	Wringing out a cloth in space is different than on Earth.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
98	3	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Balloon	A student rubs a balloon with a cloth. The student then holds the balloon near a thin stream of water coming out of a faucet. The water appears to move without being touched.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Cause and Effect		Analyzing and Interpreting Data
99	3	PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	Cow Magnet	Sometimes cows eat metal objects such as barbed wire and nails.	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	UT Formative Tasks	Structure and Function		Analyzing and Interpreting Data
100	3	PS3: Energy	Manny's Trip	Climate Not Determined Only by Latitude	Performance Task	Stand Alone Task	KY	Patterns		Analyzing and Interpreting Data	Engaging in Argument from Evidence