Solid Teaching Tasks
High School Science and CTAE
Task Template 11 - Biology: After researching the article on invasive species, write a report in which you define
invasive species and explain how these organisms impact an ecosystem, economy and people. Support your
discussion with evidence from your research.
Task Template 3 – Environmental Science: After researching the 1948 Nobel Presentation Speech for the
discovery of DDT and selected sections of Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” on DDT, write an essay in which you
compare the evidence about DDT’s impact from the speech and the book and argue whether pesticide discovery
should have received the Nobel Prize. Support your position with evidence from the text.
Task Template 22 – Chemistry: After researching informational texts and conducting a laboratory experiment on
the effectiveness of antacids, write a formal lab report in which you compare the ability of antacids to neutralize
excess stomach acid. Support your discussion with evidence from your research.
Template 2 Argumentation/Analysis - Computer Applications: Do the benefits of using personal
communications technology in the classroom outweigh the potential drawbacks? After reading informational
texts describing how teachers in some districts use Smartphones and on problems with Smartphones in the
classroom, write an essay in which you address the question and argue benefits and drawbacks. Support your
position with evidence from the texts.
Template 2 Argumentation/Analysis - Filmmaking: Within a shot, are audio or camera techniques more
important to communicate ideas, emotions, and/or points of view to the audience? After reading articles and
reviewing film/audio clips, write an essay in which you address the question and argue the importance of audio or
camera techniques. Support your position with evidence from the texts.
Template 3 Argumentation/Comparison - Cosmetology: After researching articles on relaxed hair and natural
hair, write a pitch to a client in which you compare the pros and cons of each and argue why one would be better
than the other for this client. Support your position with evidence from your research.
Template 3 Argumentation/Comparison - Architecture: After researching informational texts and the internet on
bridges, forces, and loads, write an essay and design a PowerPoint in which you compare two types of bridges and
argue their differences and how the forces affect their strength. Support your position with evidence from your
research.
Template 16 Informational/Procedural - High School Career Project: What is considered appropriate dress for
the workplace and why? After reading at articles on how workers in your career field are required to dress, write
(or create) a brochure in which you relate how you could dress on the job, being sure to include any special
equipment that must be worn on the job. Support your discussion with evidence from the text(s).