Sample Assessment Items
This is not meant to be printed off and given as a test…this document is to give you ideas of how this standard might be assessed. Please use these as an example when you are developing your own formative assessments. Remember formative assessment is to be given throughout the teaching of a standard to help you guide your instruction based on students needs. A good formative assessment should have a mix of multiple choice as well as open ended.
S3L2 Students will recognize the effects of pollution and humans on the environment.
b. Identify ways to protect the environment.
1. Conservation of resources
2. Recycling of materials
Multiple Choice:
What is one way to help protect the environment?
a. drain wetlands
b. cut down trees
c. use more water
d. recycle materials
Answer: d
What is one way to conserve resources?
a. fold a piece of paper in half
b. put wrinkled paper in the trash
c. use both sides of a piece of paper
d. use only one side of a piece of paper
Answer: c
How can planting trees help the environment?
a. They help recycle plastic.
b. They provide homes for plants.
c. They help decompose dead plants and animals.
d. They clean the air and provide homes for animals.
Answer: d
Why is it important to reduce, reuse, and recycle?
a. To use more resources.
b. To reduce the number of animal habitats.
c. To reduce the amount of trash sent to landfills.
d. To increase the amount of trash sent to landfills.
Answer: c
What might happen if too many new houses are built?
a. There would be more wetlands.
b. Animals would be left without oxygen.
c. Plants would be left without carbon dioxide.
d. Plants and animals will be left without homes.
Answer: d
Katie is cleaning her closet. She sorts the things she does not want into piles. Katie does not want to put these things into the trash. What can Katie do with her newspapers?
a. Put them under a table.
b. Put them in another closet.
c. Bring them to a friend’s home.
d. Bring them to a recycling center.
Answer: d
What are you doing when you conserve resources?
a. using resources
b. saving resources
c. wasting resources
d. polluting resources
Answer: b
Open ended:
Compare the two pictures. In which place would you infer that people need to conserve water? Why?
Why is it important to protect renewable resources, such as air and water?
Why is it important to reduce our use of nonrenewable resources, such as oil and coal?
Why is it important for scientists and engineers to develop new ways for cars to run?
What does it mean to conserve resources? How can you conserve resources?
Suppose you want to start a recycling program at your school. Explain why recycling is important and what materials you could recycle.