Activities for Formative Assessment

Class IX
Biology
Chapter: Why do we fall ill.

Topic to be assessed: Diseases

Expected Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to:

 Understand how diseases are caused and spread

 Realise that for every disease that is communicable, there is a
factor that causes and a factor that spreads the disease.
 Identify the vectors responsible for spreading diseases like
malaria, rabies and dengue.
 Differentiate between chronic and acute diseases.
 Assess the relationship between primary and contributory causes
of a disease.

Task: Study of Diseases-SURVEY

For Learning outcome/outcomes:

 Understand how diseases are caused and spread
 Assess the relationship between primary and contributory causes of a
disease.

Activity: Survey
Each student shall be given a survey sheet format that will be used to generate five
similar copies. The students shall do a survey of five families living in their locality
and then assess that information to fill in the survey form. The student shall also
write some preventive and control measures of the diseases that he has mentioned
in the survey form.

After completing the survey form, the student shall submit it to the teacher. The4
teacher shall ask some viva voce questions or ask the student to answer some
multiple choice questions.

Time span: Survey: six hours (can be spread over a period of five
days.)

c.w. / h.w Survey: Home work

Resources Survey: Survey sheet, Pen, pencil, MCQ/VIVA Questions
required

Assessment Survey (Total marks=10)

Rubric and
The survey form-
its criterion
Completed 80% 60% 40% Not done
complete complete complete

4 3 2 1 0

Assessment of type of disease, control measures and preventive

measures suggested

Correct Almost correct Partially correct Incorrect Not done

4 3 2 1 0

MCQ Questions based on survey/ viva by teacher

All questions Most questions Some questions No questions Not done

answered answered answered answered

2 1½ 1 ½ 0

Remedial Measures -
(a) If quality information is not gathered – a buddy would be assigned.
(b) If assessment is faulty – personal attention and reading material to be
provided.
(c) Poor quality of data and incomplete analysis – suggestions and individual
guidance to be given.
(d) If information gathering is not done, the teacher would encourage and
generate momentum in the student to perform the field surveys to be
aware, realize and understand our social structure and problems existing
in our society.
 MCQ / VIVA to be done after Survey

Q1.If the house is poorly ventilated and located in an overcrowded

area, people living in the house are likely to suffer from which of the
following diseases –

(a) Cancer (b) Polio (c) AIDS (d) Tuberculosis

Q2. Is there any relation between age/occupation/sex and the disease

caused?

(a) Yes (b) No (c) Can’t say (d) May be

Q3. If there are any mosquito born diseases, how do you think they are
spreading –?

(a) Standing water (b) Garbage dumps (c) Plants in house (d) All
these factors

Q4. People in the following age group are more susceptible to diseases
–

(a) 0-5 yrs (b) 6-15 yrs (c) 16-30 yrs (d) 31 yrs and above

Q5. In my area of survey, there are mostly –

(a) Some acute and chronic diseases

(b) Acute Diseases

(c) Chronic Diseases

(d) No diseases, it’s a healthy family

Task-2 : Study of Diseases

For Learning outcome/outcomes:

 Realise that for every disease that is communicable, there is a factor that
causes and a factor that spreads the disease.
 Identify the vectors responsible for spreading diseases like malaria,
rabies and dengue.
 Differentiate between chronic and acute diseases.

Activity: Open book Test

The student shall take an Open-book test in a regular period, where he/she shall be
allowed to use the text book for answering the questions.

Time span: Open book Test: 40 minutes

c.w. / h.w Open book Test: Class work

Resources Open book Test: Paper and Pen (question paper)

required:

Assessment Open book test: (Total marks =10)

Rubric and
Total no. of questions = 5
its criterion
Marks allotted for each questions = 2

Correct answer = 2

Partially correct = 1

Incorrect = 0

Remedial Measures -
If the performance in the open-book test is not satisfactory, then a parallel
assignment based on the test shall be given after which the test shall be repeated.
 Open Book Test

1. Why is common cold known as an acute disease?

2. Frog population is a village decreased drastically due to illegal export of

frog legs. The villagers suffered in large numbers due to the outbreak of
malaria, which effected more people than it ever had. Can you establish
a connection between the two events?

3. In Mohan’s house, one of his relatives visited them during the summer
vacations. He had just recovered from chicken pox. In Mohan’s house,
drinking water is not covered and a separate vessel is not used to take
out water from the main storage bucket. Mohan’s parents belong to the
economically weaker section of the society. Mohan has been suffering
from stomach ache and diarrhoea for the past few days. Which disease
is Mohan suffering from? What are the primary and contributory causes
of this disease?

4. State whether the following statements are true or false. If the

statement is false, correct it.

a) Common cold is a disease that spreads during winter. It is caused,

when an infected person sneezes or coughs.

b) AIDS is a disease that affects the immune system. It is caused due to

blood transfusion and sexual contact with the infected person.

5. Some acute disease may become chronic if proper care and treatment is
not done. Comment upon this statement.
Topic to be assessed: Transmission, prevention and treatment of
diseases

Expected learning outcomes: Students will be able to:

 Identify the various sources of transmission of diseases
 Outline the basics of disease treatment
 Explain the principles of prevention

Task 3: ACTIVITY (case study and role play) – group task

Task: Teacher should divide the class in groups depending on the class size.
Each group is given the posters related to a problem.
Each group represents a group of doctors sent to remote area for creating
awareness among the masses for the given problem.

Final presentation of the group should include :

 Diseases that can be spread / caused due to given problem.
 Method of prevention of such diseases
 Method of cure of such diseases

Time span: 7 days for the research and 15 min for presentation

c.w/ h.w Research can be done in the class or at home presentation to

be given in class

Assessment
rubric and
its criterion
 Problem Groups

Group 1 : FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID

Group 2:

Group 3:
Remedial measures :

• If the distribution of duties is not done properly, the teacher shall site
examples of groups that have been able to do it efficiently during 'Class
Discussion’.

• If a group has not been able to cover all the aspects related to the issue
given to them, the teacher shall give an assignment to the group based
on the topics .

• If a particular member is not actively participating, the teacher shall give

an alternate assignment to that student (Newsletter, PowerPoint
Presentation based on the same topic.)