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Authentic Assessment: Solution Exam Practical

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I always enjoy any activity that involves authentic laboratory work, so when it came time for the solutions unit in Chemistry I, I decided to allow students a choice for their end of unit assessment.  Either assessment was worth the same number of points, but there would be an option of either completing a traditional paper and pencil test, or performing a lab practical exam that involved making actual solutions.  A rubric was constructed to grade the outcome of the practical: Solution Lab Practical Rubric as well as a modified testing instrument: Solutions Practical Exam

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Stoichiometry Project

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A requirement of the LAMP project was to have students complete a project related to the unit of study.  My LAMP project was completed during the stoichiometry unit, so the project I assigned involved students profiling a kind of chemical reaction of interest to them, and then performing a 5 gram mole to mole stoichiometry calculation using a balanced reaction involving that reaction.  The end product students produced was either a  poster or a brochure describing their reaction, with an illustration and the required calculations outlined.  The results were fantastic:

Bulletin board project results.
Bulletin board project results.

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