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Students read a short extract from a legend to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students answer three short answer questions on weather, frost, and clouds.

Task: Use a key to identify six different metals from the descriptions provided. Assessment focus: using a key to identify metals.

Task: Answer questions about a key for metals: Assessment focus: recognising the purpose of a specific key.

Task: Answer three questions. Assessment focus: condensation.

The resource consists of two multiple-choice questions about solubility and saturated solutions.

Students interpret a series of road safety drawings with questions on visual cues, titles, emphasis and providing appropriate text.

Task: name the parts of a flower and describe methods of pollination and seed dispersal. Assessment focus: structure and function of flowers.

Students answer questions about conditions necessary for germination, seed dispersal, and parts of a flower. Assessment focus: plant reproduction.

Task: Use written text and pictures to explain how the special features of Old Man's Beard help it survive. Assessment focus: identifying how the special features help this plant to survive.

Students study a dot plot of the months students' were born and answer questions interpreting the data.

Task: Match animal pests to the harm they cause, and use information about pest control. Assessment focus: animal pests and their control.

Task: Fill in a chart to identify the damage caused by various animal pests. Assessment focus: specific contextual knowledge about animal pests.

This is a collection of science tasks across the science capabilities and contextual strands.

Students calculate the changes to an account balance after two withdrawals and a deposit.

Students are required to read three poems, identify the animal that the object in each poem is being compared with, and identify the ways in which the look or movement of the objects are described so that they seem like these animals.

Students complete a table showing the number of counters used to make a series of L-shapes. They identify the number of counters needed for different situations, and describe the relationship as a rule.

Students indicate for each of six different variables those that need to be kept the same for an investigation about dissolving different types of sugar.

The assessment focus is on the ability to make inferences about character and justify these with evidence from text.

Students read about a visit to the islands of Kiribati by a New Zealand flight inspection team to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read a narrative about how a character copes with changes in her family dynamics. Students then complete three tasks focusing on that character. Assessment focus: an evaluation of a character and the author's construction of her. (The text used for this resource is reproduced under the "Working with Students" tab.) Reading age 10-12. SJ-4-2-2000. Text not provided.

Students identify the larger of two improper fractions and drag a number of improper and mixed fractions into ascending order.

Students read a report on a fisheries officer's work and make mainly short written responses. The assessment focus is on comprehension and vocabulary. SJ-3-3-1990. Text provided.

Students create a vignette with a focus on writing pieces that are brief, descriptive, and set in one point in time. They should not be concerned with plot. As the emphasis is on quality rather than quantity, students need to show a controlled and elegant skill in writing and use figurative language to 'show' rather than 'tell'.

Select the correct pair to set up a fair test. Assessment focus: controlling variables.