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Curriculum Series: Foundations and Challenges to Encourage Technology-Based Science (FACETS)
Unit Title: A Sunken Ship
Content Area of Unit: Physical Science
Developer: American Chemical Society at http://www.chemistry.org
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company at http://www.kendallhunt.com

View a [pdf] profile of the FACETS curriculum.
View a brief [pdf] overview of the A Sunken Ship unit.

Purpose of this "Product"

To evaluate student achievement, following a series of investigations on the science of locating and salvaging a sunken vessel.

View the Assessment

Student Materials [pdf]

Next Steps

Following the assessment, a teacher might:

  • Encourage students to review and revise presentations that do not meet standards.
  • Compare his/her own appraisal with students’ self-appraisals.

 

Excerpts from the FACETS curriculum reprinted with permission from the American Chemical Society.

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