ASD Science Curriculum Assessment
ASD Science believes that assessment needs to be thoughtfully planned in advance to align with specific science content goals built into science units and incorporate frequent formative assessment to guide instructional choices and meaningful and performance based summative assessment. The ASD Science program provides curriculum support documents including an Assessment Map, Rubrics, and Performance Tasks.
Some Sample Assessment Tasks may be found at http://asdsbar.wikispaces.com. If you have additional sample tasks you would like to contribute to a district library, please contact the STEM department!

Grade Level Concepts:
Science Standards for Physical, Earth & Life Sciences and Evidence, Inquiry & Communication

Kindergarten: Wood & Paper - Pebbles, Sand & Silt - Myself & Others
1st: Balancing & Weighing - Power of Water - Alaskan Animals
2nd: Sound - Soils - Plant Growth & Development
3rd: Changes - Weather - Observing Alaskan Plants
4th: Circuits & Pathways - Earth Materials - Bones & Skeletons
5th: Variables - Exploring Energy - Ecosystems
6th: Structures - Astronomy - There Is No Away

 

Kit Rubrics by Grade Level

Kindergarten: Wood & Paper - Pebbles, Sand & Silt - Myself & Others
1st: Balancing & Weighing - Power of Water - Alaskan Animals
2nd: Sound - Soils - Plant Growth & Development
3rd: Changes - Weather - Observing Alaskan Plants
4th: Circuits & Pathways - Earth Materials - Bones & Skeletons
5th: Variables - Exploring Energy - Ecosystems
6th: Structures - Astronomy - There Is No Away

 

Assessment Maps

K: Wood & Paper - Pebbles, Sand & Silt - Myself & Others
1: Balancing & Weighing - Power of Water - Alaskan Animals
2: Sound - Soils - Plant Growth & Development
3: Changes - Weather - Observing Alaskan Plants
4: Circuits & Pathways - Earth Materials - Bones & Skeletons
5: Variables - Exploring Energy - Ecosystems
6: Structures - Astronomy - There Is No Away

 

Performance Tasks

K: Wood & Paper - Pebbles, Sand & Silt Data Table- Myself & Others
1: Balancing & Weighing - Power of Water - Alaskan Animals
2: Sound - Soils - Plant Growth & Development
3: Changes - Weather - Observing Alaskan Plants
4: Circuits & Pathways - Earth Materials - Bones & Skeletons
5: Variables - Exploring Energy - Ecosystems
6: Structures Part 2- Astronomy - There Is No Away Part 2

 

Kit Assessment Packets

K: Wood & Paper - Pebbles, Sand & Silt - Myself & Others
1: Balancing & Weighing - Power of Water - Alaskan Animals
2: Sound - Soils - Plant Growth & Development
3: Changes - Weather - Observing Alaskan Plants
4: Circuits & Pathways - Earth Materials - Bones & Skeletons
5: Variables - Exploring Energy - Ecosystems
6: Structures - Astronomy - There Is No Away

 
Science has taken part in the multi-disciplinary ASD initiative for Standards Based Assessing and Reporting over the past several years. The current information about this project can be found at http://asdsbar.wikispaces.com.

Science Formative Assessment: 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning 
by Page Keeley, Corwin Press, ISBN: 978-1-4129-4180-8