Native vs. Non-native Species: Who Will Win? – Classroom Assessment Suggestions
Classroom Assessment Suggestions
Opportunities to assess student performance include:
- "Wanted" poster includes a detailed physical description of the organism, correctly classifies it by Kingdom, and correctly identifies the problem it causes.
- Predicted percentages of native and non-native plants in schoolyard add up to 100 percent.
- Student uses guidebooks to identify plants correctly.
- Student contributes his or her own inferences about the effects of non-native plants on the watershed to class discussion.