Biology Unintended Consequences Item Template
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Unintended Consequences Item Template
Biology End-of-Course Exam
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Science Assessment Development Team 11/26/12
Biology Unintended Consequences Item Template
0 Describe a solution to a problem in a biological system that can be solved using a
technological design process. Describe two unintended consequences of the solution.
In your description, be sure to:
 Describe two unintended consequences of the solution.
 Describe how each unintended consequence could affect a component of the
system/ecosystem.
One unintended consequence:
Another unintended consequence:
Biology Unintended Consequences Item Template
Scoring Rubric for: Unintended Consequences
Performance Description
A 2-point response demonstrates the student understands the Content Standard APPE: Perfect solutions do
not exist. All technological solutions involve trade-offs in which decisions to include more of one quality
means less of another. All solutions involve consequences, some intended, others not. Item Specification 1:
Describe trade-offs and/or unintended consequences for one or more given solution(s) to a given
technological design problem.
The response describes two unintended consequences of the solution by:
Describing two unintended consequences of the solution
AND
Describing how each unintended consequence could affect a component of the system/ecosystem.
Describe unintended consequence:
Describe effect on system/ecosystem :
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A 1-point response demonstrates the student has partial understanding of the Content Standard.
The response describes one unintended consequence of the solution, and describes how that unintended
consequence could affect a component of the system/ecosystem.
A 0-point response demonstrates the student has little or no understanding of the Content Standard.
General Notes:
1. Responses that …