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Snail Pace AssessmentSnail Pace Assessment
Publisher
Noyce Foundation
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6th
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Math
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Snail Pace

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Slow and steady wins the race? In the assessment task, scholars calculate the rates at which different snails travel in order to find the fastest snail. Hopefully, your class will move much more quickly in finishing the task!

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

rates, speed, constant speed

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the assessment task as part of a unit assessment on ratios and rates

Classroom Considerations

  • Pupils should have prior experience with ratios and rates
  • It is expected that learners can convert between hours and minutes

Pros

  • Includes a table of student understandings and misunderstandings for each score point

Cons

  • Teacher guide references other tasks without links or indications of where to find them

Common Core

6.RP.A.3.a 6.RP.A.3.d MP1 MP4

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