Benchmark Review 1- "Digital Detectives"

Part A:

Which statement is a central idea of the text?

• The American Museum of Natural History offers a camp to teach students about digital fabrication tools.

• Paleontologists identify species of dinosaur bones at the "Capturing Dinosaurs" summer camp.

• 3D printers at the American Museum of Natural History use heated plastic on platforms instead of ink and paper.

• The "Caturing Dinosaurs" summer camp can be used as a model for other museums throughout the country.

Part B:

Which quotation from the text supports the answer to Part A?

• Paragraph 5

  "Some of the original fossils had slight damage or other flaws, so the students had to do some digital repair work with the software before moving on..."

• Paragraph 8

  "When the program is finished, a solid object is left on the platform."

• Paragraph 9

  "(The bones were from Allosaurus, a large predator that looks like a T. Rex.)"

• Paragraph 11

  "After all, digital fabrication can be used to teach so many things, and the American Museum of Natural History has so many things to study!"

How does paragraph 1 contribute to the development of the overall text?

• It describes the setting of the museum.

• It provides context for the camp.

• It gives an example of a career path.

• It introduces the research question.

Read the sentence from paragraph 1.

"Give students the right scientific puzzle, and they'll think like scientists."

Which quotation from the text supports this claim?

• "the program title was sure to excite campers: 'Capturing Dinosaurs: Reconstructing Extinct Species Through Digital Fabrication."

• "...took up the challenges of modeling fossils, making reproductions, and fitting them together to figure out the type of dinosaur they were

• "...took tours of the museum's Dinosaur Hall during their camp experience and checked out complete dinosaur skeletons."

• "Students submitted their digital files to a printer and waited for results."

How did museum staff members influence the campers' research process?

• The allowed campers to deconstruct dinosaur skeletons for an experiment.

• They presented campers with awards for creating thr most precise models.

• They encouraged campers to go to college for paleontology.

• They provided campers with necessary tools for dinosaur identification.

What does the author mean by the phrase, "develop a paleontologist's 'eye'" in paragraph 6?

• acuire vision difficulties because of the continued focus on small details.

• increase contextual knowledge to build accurate models.

• learn to locate dinosaur fossils at preserved excavation sites.

• use complete dinosaur skeletons as a reference for digital repair work.

What is the author's purpose in the text?

• to show that summer camp should be accessible for all students

• to describe the importance of dinosaur fossil preservation

• to show that exposure to digital fabrication is beneficial to students

• the highlight the significance of providing funding for science museums

How does the author support the claim that campers learned not only about digital fabrication buut also about themselves at the "Capturing Dinosaurs" camp?

• by providing quotations to detail campers' experiences at camp

• by sharing background information about campers' interests in science

• by presenting statistics from campers' surveys completed after camp

• by explaining campers' feelings by using descriptive language

Which two quotations support the inference that paleontology requires complex thinking skills?

• "For two weeks the campers became digital detectives, assembling evidence and asking questions."

• "So part of the puzzle was looking at the bones that they were scanning and trying to figure out which dinosaur it came from."

• "Their 'scanners' were smartphones equipped with an app that makes digital images for three-dimensional modeling."

• "Students submitted their digital files to a printer and waited for the reults."

• "Because more museums can document their collections digitally, they will; always be available for study."