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In this task students compare two photographs of a river with normal flow and a river in flood. They make inferences based on their observations.

Students answer questions about place value.

Students count amounts of money involving coins and notes.

Students use stimulus material to answer a number of questions relating to temperature change in materials which are at different distances from a heat source.

Task: Select which stirrer would feel hottest and explain why, and in which container soup would cool fastest, and explain why. Assessment focus: heat conduction.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

Students increase and decrease quantities by given percentages.

Students calculate the number of logs stacked by a group of children using information about the amount paid per log.

Students are asked to identify two impending signs of a volcanic eruption and to describe four geological events that are linked to volcanic eruptions.

Students read temperatures on thermometers and identify where changes of temperature would be marked.

Students are provided with information about the structure of a haiku poem. They identify the syllables in another haiku poem, and then write their own.

Students choose the most appropriate measurement unit - millimetre, centimetre, metre, or kilometre - to measure a range of objects.

Students work out problems about the weight and price of chocolate bars from some given information.

Students write the next two numbers in each of several number patterns.

Students demonstrate their understanding of place value by identifying numbers shown in a shape-based number system.

Select which materials are transparent, opaque, or translucent. Assessment focus: vocabulary of a material property.

Students answer 2 multiple choice questions about condensation. The assessment focus is on identifying where the condensation has come from.

Name the group various animals belong to. Assessment focus: classification.

Students classify 12 common substances as either a compound, mixture, or element.

Students prepare a 2 to 3 minute speech to inform, persuade, or entertain. A list of topics suitable for Year 7/8 students is provided. Assessment guides A and B are suitable for this task.

Task: Answer questions about recycling aluminium by interpreting a fact file. Assessment focus: Recycling.

Task: Students answer questions about a Southern Ocean food web. Assessment focus: interpreting food webs.

In this practical task, students estimate and then measure how far they can jump.

Students convert units of weight - grams and kilograms - to answer questions a range of food items.

Task: students explain links between a bird's feet and its lifestyle.