Activities Summary

In this activity, students will:

• Participate in a pre-activity session
• Create three interactive activities that test Essential Skills demonstration and associated complexity level.
• Set up a “station” for one interactive activity
• Administer interactive activity with
  student body
• Collect results
• Report on findings

Prior Knowledge

• Essential Skills and Complexity Levels
• Display techniques
• Data collection
• Report writing

Teaching Planning Notes

• Review assignment including prior knowledge required, evaluation
  criteria and deadlines
• Arrange for use of common area in school for the “Essential Skills
  Testing Centre”
• Provide opportunities for students to experience similar “interactive activities” using other criteria (i.e. motor skills, hand-eye coordination) prior to creating their assignments (see Sample Pre-Activity)
• Provide materials for testing “station”

Assessment and Evaluation of Student Achievement

Activities and Evaluation Materials

• Essential Skills Testing Centre Assignment
• Rubric
• Pre-Activity Sample
• Pre-Activity Station Instructions
• Pre-Activity Student Evaluation Sheet