Aspire Partnership with Aurora Public Schools

Denver Broncos Cellular Respiration (Formative Assessment)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-LS1-7:  Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.

Oak Tree Cellular Respiration (Formative Assessment)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-LS1-7:  Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.

Olivia the Runner Cellular Respiration (Phenomenon-Based Item Cluster)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-LS1-7:  Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.

Shrimp Ecospheres 1 and 2 (Formative Assessment)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-LS2-5:  Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

Phenomenon: Artificial Biosphere (Phenomenon-Based Item Cluster)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-LS2-5:  Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

Phenomenon: How Does Energy Move Through a Food Web? (Formative Assessment)
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Phenomenon: Population Growth and Evolution of Trout in Colorado (Formative Assessment)
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Phenomenon: Natural Selection of Cliff Swallows (Formative Assessment)
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Phenomenon: Moths and Climate Ecology (Formative Assessment)
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Phenomenon: Natural Selection of Finches (Formative Assessment)
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Coffee Cup Thermal Equilibrium (Formative Assessment)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-PS3-4:  Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics).

Energy Transfers LoL Diagram (Formative Assessment)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-PS3-4:  Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics).

Water Thermal Equilibrium Lab (Formative Assessment)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-PS1-4:  Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.

Hot and Cold Pack Lab (Formative Assessment)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-PS1-4:  Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.

Hot Pack Thermal Equilibrium (Phenomenon-Based Item Clusters)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-PS1-4:  Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.

Soda in a Bucket of Water (Phenomenon-Based Item Clusters)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-PS3-4:  Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics).

Solubility of Gasses (Formative Assessment)
NGSS Performance Expectation: HS-PS1-6:  Refine the design of a chemical system by specifying a change in conditions that would produce increased amounts of products at equilibrium.

Magnesium and Copper Lab (Formative Assessment)
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Measure Moles with Dominos (Formative Assessment)
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Ionic vs. Covalent Compounds (Formative Assessment)
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Ethanol Temperature (Formative Assessment)
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Lit Match Energy Transfer (Formative Assessment)
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Layers of Earth Pre-Assessment (Formative Assessment)
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Earthquakes (Phenomenon-Based Item Clusters)
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Skate Park 1 and 2 (Formative Assessment)
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Earthquakes (Phenomenon-Based Item Clusters)
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Stuntman Felix Freefalling (Phenomenon-Based Item Clusters)
NGSS Performance Expectation:  HS-PS3-2: Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative positions of particles (objects). 

Circuits (Formative Assessment)
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Series Circuits Lab (Formative Assessment)
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Inertia (Formative Assessment)
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Rube Goldberg Energy Model (Formative Assessment)
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How does the trampoline help the man get back onto the stairs? (Formative Assessment)
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Wind Turbine Modeling (Formative Assessment)
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In progress