This pre-assessment launches a unit on climate change and weather. 15 questions, both short answer and multiple choice, asses the classes' knowledge about these concepts. 

Concepts

weather, precipitation, temperature, climate change, wind speed

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use at the beginning of a unit on climate change/weather to help determine students' understanding of the concepts
• Allow 15 minutes for the assessment (individuals either know it or they don't at this point)

Classroom Considerations

• To answer question one, the tests need to be printed in color

Pros

• The assessment includes both multiple choice and short-answer questions, allowing teachers to better understand what classes do and don't know
• Analysis of graphs is included, an analytical process many middle schoolers struggle with

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4