The fourth grade TPSP includes five performance tasks that teachers can use with students. The tasks, designed to generate excitement for learning, are open-ended, authentic, and student-centered. There is also a guide for projects that do not align with any of the other tasks.

Each task consists of learning experiences that help students build their research skills and knowledge of the subject. Students then conduct independent research that ends in the final product, where students demonstrate their knowledge base. Student projects are assessed in the areas of product, research process, and communication.

In the fourth grade section of the TPSP site, you can find the tasks, methods of assessment, the Fourth Grade Guide to Success, forms, a glossary of terms, and a sample project.