Tuesday, December 27, 2011

3 Learning Outcomes for Elementary School Unit on Penguins

Learning Outcome #1: From pictures students will identify the following penguin species: Adelie, Chinstrap, Emperor, Gentoo, and King.

Learning Outcome #2: Students will explain three reasons some penguin species are endangered.

Learning Outcome #3: Students will point out on a map the native continent for each modern penguin species with 80% accuracy.

Below are a 3 Test items and 1 essay item for assessing the above learning outcomes.  See a more detailed description and test examples in here.

Test Items:
  1. Penguin Photo and Species Name Matching
  2. Penguin Identification
  3. Label Continents with Native Penguin Species Names
Essay Item:
  • In half a page, explain three reasons why different penguins species are endangered?  Be sure to mention at least one specific penguin species affected by each reason you include.