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Formative Assessment Plan
Grade/ Subject: High School/Physical Science
OBJECTIVE: 4.02 Investigate and analyze direct current electrical circuits: Ohm's law, series circuits, parallel circuits. (NC SCS, 2004)
Learning Target
Criteria for Success
Collecting Evidence
Documenting Evidence
I can create a simple closed circuit
using 6-Volt battery conductors, light
bulbs, and circuit boards
I will connect the circuits so that the
light bulb will be lit when the switch is
turned on. I will explain to my partner
the electron path. I will trace the
electron path of the circuit.
Observe students working in pairs to
determine if the circuits are accurately
built and light is burning. Watch
students as they trace the electron path
of the circuit. Listen as the students
explain the the path of the circuit.
Initial student’s interactive notebooks
when the student demonstrates each
component of the criteria.
I can create a series circuit using two
bulbs in a series
I will make sure the current only has
one path. I will explain to my partner
the electron path. I will trace the
electron path of the circuit.
Same as above
Same as above
I can create a parallel circuit
I will make sure the current has more
than one path.
Same as above
Same as a above
I can measure voltage and amperage of
simple, series and parallel circuits and
then compare and contrast each.
I will use Ohm’s Law to determine the
resistance of the light bulb.
Question students about
measurements. How happens to the
amps when a series circuit is used and
a parallel circuit is used compared to a
simple circuit?
Listen as students answer the questions in
oral and written form.
1. What misconceptions do you think students might have?
2.
What will you do to address the misconceptions to move learning forward (e.g., how will you adjust instruction, what descriptive feedback will you
provide)?
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction