Work samples resources

Students show how to solve some subtraction problems.

Students use tables, graphs, and equations to find the break-even point for two companies who charge for postage according to different rules.

Students predict how a cube will travel when flicked in different positions, and conduct an experiment to see what happens in practice.

Students conduct a statistical investigation into the sentence length of different types of books by making and comparing dot plots.

Students draw a scatterplot of a table of data and describe the relationship between the two variables.

Students conduct a statistical investigation about their prediction of the most common words used in English. They make graphs, describe their shape, and compare their own graph with ones that other students produce.

Students draw shapes of given areas, and choose from the bigger area, explaining their reasoning.

Students plan how to do a statistical investigation about a question that has been posed, and think about how they will collect their data.

Task: Identify adaptations of 3 animals that live under the soil, and design an animal that could live underground. Self-assess the design by considering given criteria. Assessment focus: adaptations that enable an animal to live underground.

Task: describe how different features of a racing car help it go fast. Assessment focus: technological responses to forces.

Students compare the overall distribution of two graphs and describe their reasons.