Task: Match each part of a torch to its name, identify whether the torch in the diagram is on or off and provide evidence for opinion, and suggest ways to make the torchlight brighter. Assessment focus: parts of a torch and the function of some of these parts.
Students are provided with a diagram of a bag used in solar showers. They answer questions about this bag relating to heat absorption, heat transfer, and radiation.
Task: Order wheels according to technological development, then answer questions about advantages and disadvantages of different wheels. Assessment focus: how wheels work.
Task: Match simple machines to items, select length of bar to lift a rock, and draw how to set up bar and a block of wood to lift the rock. Assessment focus: levers.
Students name the force that delivers water to households from a water tower and then explain advantages and disadvantages of a wind-powered pump compared to a petrol-powered pump.
This whole investigation requires students to find out how spring stretch is affected by different masses pulling on it. There is also a section for planning a similar investigation and a processing section using some provided data.
Students are provided with information and data on different makes of soccer balls. Students answer questions on fair testing, and write conclusions from the given data.
Using the equipment supplied students make a series circuit according to a circuit diagram. Then students are asked to construct another circuit using different criteria and draw as a circuit diagram.
Task: Transfer information from a table to a graph, label the bottom axis and describe the pattern of the data. Assessment focus: graph construction; graph interpretation.
Task: students, in small groups, discuss a concept cartoon about rolling cans, before making a prediction about which will roll further. Assessment focus: making predictions about friction.
For this practical task students investigate the magnetic fields that exist around a horseshoe magnet. Students then use two bar magnets to investigate what happens when similar and unlike poles are facing each other.