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Grade: 9-Science Topic: Electric Circuits Performance Task

The document describes a performance task for 9th grade science students on electric circuits. Students will draw a series circuit and a parallel circuit using materials from their science kit to construct working models of each. They will then answer two questions: 1) What is the one important difference between a series and parallel circuit? And 2) Why do you think that difference is the most important? The task assesses students' abilities to draw, construct, analyze, and explain the two circuit types.

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Grade: 9-Science Topic: Electric Circuits Performance Task

The document describes a performance task for 9th grade science students on electric circuits. Students will draw a series circuit and a parallel circuit using materials from their science kit to construct working models of each. They will then answer two questions: 1) What is the one important difference between a series and parallel circuit? And 2) Why do you think that difference is the most important? The task assesses students' abilities to draw, construct, analyze, and explain the two circuit types.

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ELECTRIC CIRCUITS

PERFORMANCE TASK
Grade: 9-Science
Topic: Electric Circuits

Performance Task

Student’s job is to draw two circuits. One is a series circuit, and the other is a parallel
circuit. Each circuit has one battery, wire, a switch, and two light bulbs. To prove that the
student’s drawings are correct, they will utilize the material in their science kit to make each
circuit the way they have drawn it. When the students complete the drawing and making the
two circuits, they will answer these two questions:
1. What is the one important difference between a series and a parallel circuit?
2. Why do you think that difference is the most important difference?

Learning Competencies
This task has the ability to assess:
 Students’ abilities to manipulate science equipment in order to create working
electrical circuits.
 Students’ conceptual understandings of the two types of circuits (series and
parallel).
 Students’ abilities to self-assess and correct errors in checking to see if circuits
work.
 Students’ abilities to organize thoughts and express ideas coherently such as
writing answers to questions.
 Students’ abilities to classify and analyze relating how one circuit is different from
another.
 Students’ abilities to evaluate or choose alternatives explaining why one particular
difference is the most important.

By: Joyce Lorraine A. Osim


BSED Science/ 2nd year
Electric Circuits Performance Task Analytical Rubric
Criteria Terrific Ok Needs Work Rating
(5) (3) (1)
DRAWING THE Drawn correctly so Drawn correctly so Drawn so that it
SERIES CIRCUIT that it would work that it would work. would not work
as a series circuit. Drawing is not clear as a series __ x2
Drawing is neat, or neat enough. circuit.
organized, clear,
and large.
CONSTRUCTING Circuit is made so it Circuit is made so Circuit does not
THE works as a series that it works, but work as a series
SERIES CIRCUIT circuit. Circuit the construction circuit.
corresponds only partially
completely to matches the __ x2
drawing and uses drawing or only
the appropriate partially conforms
materials/quantities to required
. materials list.
DRAWING THE Drawn correctly so Drawn correctly so Drawn so that it
PARALLEL that it would work that it would work. would not work
CIRCUIT as a parallel circuit. Drawing is not clear as a parallel __ x2
Drawing is neat, or neat enough. circuit.
organized, clear,
and large.
CONSTRUCTING Circuit is made so it Circuit is made so Circuit does not
THE works as a parallel that it works, but work as a
PARALLEL circuit. Circuit the construction parallel circuit.
CIRCUIT corresponds only partially
completely to matches the __ x2
drawing and uses drawing or only
the appropriate partially conforms
materials/ to required
quantities. materials list.
WRITTEN Reason given Reason given Reason given
ANSWER clearly shows how clearly shows how does not address
TO QUESTION the circuit wiring the circuit wiring differences in
ONE differs between the differs between the circuit wiring. __ x2
series and parallel series and parallel
circuit and refers to circuit.
accurate drawings
of the circuits to
justify this reason.
WRITTEN The answer The answer The answer does
ANSWER contains a contains a not contain a
TO QUESTION reference to the reference to the reference to the
TWO differences in the differences in the difference in the
path of the path of the path of the __ x2
electricity in the two electricity in the two electricity in the
different types of different types of two different
circuits and how circuits. types of circuits.
this would affect the
lighting of the
bulbs.
TOTAL /60

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