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Students answer two multiple choice questions about fair testing in the context of static electricity.

Students read a cartoon to answer retrieval and inferential questions about the story and the visual techniques used. SJ-1-1-1994.

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.

Students study a poster about being safe in an earthquake and then answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students study a poster about the benefits of exercise and make inferences from written and visual information.

Students look at a water safety poster and answer questions relating to the posters construction.

Students first do the science activity Throwing Balloons 2 (PW2548) where they predict, observe, and explain what will happen when a balloon containing another balloon filled with water is thrown. Then the students do this writing task where they describe the balloon and what happened when it was thrown, and explain why they think it moved the way it did. Six annotated exemplars of student scripts (writing) are included under the "Working with Students" tab.

Students interpret and answer questions from a bus timetable including some time calculations.

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.

Reading text to find information about how scientists work. Assessment focus: interpreting information about how scientists work.

Students read a text containing instructions then answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-2-2-1984. Text provided.

Task: describe what would happen to four items of food when left in the sun. Assessment focus: change.

Task: Identify the variables for testing how fresh water and salt water affect rusting. Assessment focus: planning a fair test.

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

Different selections are made from a canteen menu that will cost a given amount. An extension activity is given that asks for all possible combinations to be found.

Students read a poster on sand dunes to answer retrieval and inferential questions.