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Throughout the unit students have learned about matter, chemical reactions, and energy. The culminating assessment is designed to provide students with the opportunity to synthesize their learning of these concepts to explain how fireworks produce the variety of colors seen today. The culminating assessment is comprised of two parts: a laboratory experiment and an argumentation writing task. In Part I, students work with a partner or group to conduct an investigation that helps them understand the amount of energy required to produce the variety of colors observed during fireworks displays. In Part II, students independently use the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning format to construct an argument in response to the question, “How do fireworks get their colors? Explain the chemical reactions that occur when a firework is ignited using what you have learned in this unit.”