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Unit 4 Pre-Assessment AssessmentUnit 4 Pre-Assessment Assessment
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Chicago Botanic Garden
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7th - 9th
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Unit 4 Pre-Assessment

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Pre-assessments are great to help teachers determine what information their classes lack, what misconceptions they have, and how in depth to teach specific concepts. The first in a five-part series is a pre-assessment of middle schoolers' knowledge of climate change. Consisting of 13 short-answer and multiple-choice questions, the pre-assessment allows teachers to see what their classes already know. 

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Concepts

climate change, ecological footprints, carbon dioxide

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use at the beginning of a unit on climate change to help determine what to teach and how in depth
  • Allow 15 minutes for the assessment (pupils either know it or they don't at this point)

Classroom Considerations

  • The multiple choice questions have the correct answer in red, so when printing these, look for differences in answer choice colors and fix them if necessary

Pros

  • Assessment includes different types of questions, allowing teachers to better understand what classes know and don't know
  • Resource has pupils analyze graphs, which provides great practice for middle schoolers who might struggle with this skill

Cons

  • None

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