Planet Earth resources

Students answer two multichoice questions giving explanations for their choice and two short answer questions.

Students are provided with a map showing wind speed and direction over some landforms. Students explain two ways that mountains affect the wind.

Students answer three multiple-choice questions about fossils and how they are formed.

Students use two diagrams of the night sky to answer a multiple-choice question on each.

Task: Students use recent information obtained from space exploration to show how and why beliefs have changed over time. Assessment focus: interpreting information about the provisional nature of science.

For this task students are provided with a diagram showing the landmasses that originally made up Gondwanaland. Students are required to identify and use their own knowledge to indicate the evidence which indicates that these landmasses were once joined together.

Task: Students match parts of statements about how Joan Wiffen worked like a scientist, and identify what skills or experiences helped her find fossils. Assessment focus: interpreting information about how scientists work.

Students use the Beaufort Scale of wind speed to categorise diary entries about the wind in Auckland.