Earth systems resources

Students are asked to explain the meaning of the terms, recycle, reduce, and reuse.

Using a stimulus diagram showing plate tectonics, students explain why the following geological features or events; earthquakes, mid-ocean ridge, ocean trench, and volcanoes are present.

Task: Explain the science messages communicated in a cartoon. Assessment focus: decomposition and photosynthesis.

Students answer questions about major natural events that happened on the Earth in one week by interpreting a diagram showing these.

Students read an article about an investigation into the sustainable harvest of pīkao and identify key features of the investigation. Assessment focus: interpreting information about how scientists work.

Task: Use written text about farming's contribution to climate change to complete a flow chart, and answer questions about the two texts. Assessment focus: interpreting, using, and comparing different types of text.