Evaluate a protection model
Evaluate a protection model using supplied evidence and a solved model.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- All measurements and observations below are supplied classroom examples. They are not data from actual learners or a claim about a particular real site.
- Paper, drawing space or a browser document.
- Reference card A: how the model is challenged. Reference card B: what outcome is recorded.
- Assessment case 1: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Same modeled shaking used each run.
- Assessment case 2: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Count of fallen model blocks.
- Assessment case 3: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Bracing added to drawing.
- Assessment case 4: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Model omits real soil and building materials.
- Assessment case 5: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Water input kept matched across trials.
- Assessment case 6: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Runoff captured is measured.
Learn the idea
A model solution must match its stated hazard and include limitations. A reduced model loss is useful evidence but does not certify a real building, slope or emergency plan.
Test condition means how the model is challenged. Response measure means what outcome is recorded. Design change means the feature revised. Limitation means what real conditions are omitted.
For test condition, look for the clue “how the model is challenged.” For response measure, look for “what outcome is recorded.” More than one process can happen in a real situation. Answer about the one described in this question.
- Read or listen to the four science words and what each means. Say how the first two differ.
- Choose two of the short cases. Point to the clue that helps you choose a science word for each one. You may draw or say your answer.
- Answer each practice question. Say which clue helped you, then check the explanation.
- Use the extra task to make two examples that show different science words. Draw or say what makes each one fit.
See the method in action
Worked reference-card problem: a card states “how the model is challenged”; a second states “what outcome is recorded.” The first fits test condition and the second fits response measure. The reason is the described function or change, not the order of the cards or a favorite name. If their descriptions exchange places, their category labels exchange too. Keep the supplied descriptions attached to the correct case.
Check your reasoning
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Helpful tips
- Use the feature “how the model is challenged” to justify test condition; do not sort by the name alone.
- Distinguish response measure (what outcome is recorded) from a different process occurring in the same situation.
See the answer and explanation
test condition
The answer is test condition. In the notes, it means “how the model is challenged.” A model solution must match its stated hazard and include limitations. A reduced model loss is useful evidence but does not certify a real building, slope or emergency plan.
Take it further
Create one new case showing test condition and one showing response measure. Expected: the first explicitly shows “how the model is challenged”; the second explicitly shows “what outcome is recorded.” Explain the distinction by drawing, speaking or writing. A label without a matching feature is incomplete.
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More practice: try new cases
Choose an answer for each problem. Explain your method on paper, then use the feedback to decide what to revisit.
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