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Students read an advertisement then identify and explain some of its language features.

Students read a newspaper article about outdoor activities then answer some comprehension questions.

The assessment focus is on the features of an explanation. Students explore and write an explanation of the impacts the food industry could have on improving health.

Task: Select which state of water applies to a list of places where water can be found. Assessment focus: states of water.

Students are asked one multiple-choice and one short answer question about fair testing.

Task: Answer questions about a monarch butterfly's life cycle. Assessment focus: insect life cycle. This resource includes an interactive infographic. You will need Adobe Flash Player to view it.

Students use circuit diagrams to answer three questions about switches and which lamps will light up.

Students interpret a circuit diagram to decide whether a bulb will glow with different settings of two switches.

Task: Answer 2 multiple choice questions about how we would see Moon from Earth if its orbit changed. Assessment focus: relationship of Sun, Earth, and Moon.

Students interpret distance-time graphs for a number of scenarios.

Task: Answer a multiple choice question and explain the reason for choice. Assessment focus: simple circuits and switches.

Students answer five questions interpreting data on temperature decrease in three different types of cups.

Three key variables related to high altitude flight are displayed graphically. Students use the information provided to answer a series of questions about flight.

Task: Describe which cyclist uses more energy and why. Assessment focus: forces created by air resistance.

Identify from four circuit diagrams which bulbs will light up. Assessment focus: electrical circuits.

Students read a map of a new school, and answer questions about the placement of some trees. They are assessed on their ability to suggest the trees' impact on the school environment.

Task: Investigate the length of shadows in relationship to the sun's position. Assessment focus: interpreting a model.

Task: Complete a diagram of the length and position of a shadow of a flagpole. Assessment focus: shadows in relation to sun's position.

Task: Answer questions about the temperature and brightness of types of stars. Assessment focus: interpreting a graph.

Task: Answer questions about types of solar eclipse. Assessment focus: interpreting diagrams.

A diagram showing the position of Earth in each of the four seasons has been provided. Students use this diagram to identify the season we would experience in New Zealand at each of the numbered places.

Task: multiple choice questions and interpreting a diagram. Assessment focus: phases of the moon.

For this task students understanding of tides is explored. Students are asked to identify where high tides occur when the Moon is in a certain position and how often high tides occur.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions about full Moon and lunar eclipses.

Students view four sequential diagrams on fossilisation, and then write explanations about this process using the diagrams and their own knowledge.