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For this practical task students write a plan to find out if a microwave has a 'hot spot'. Students carry out their plan, collect, and interpret results.

Students interpret time frames and slope from a graph showing the area of a painted wall over time.

Students use a video clip as the stimulus for completing a poem. Scaffolds are provided for this process.

Students make choices about which adjectives to use to create a poem about a school of fish. A video clip provides the stimulus for this task.

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

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about moa.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of an explanation of a scientific idea.

In this practical task, students cut out regular polygons and decide whether that shape will tessellate.

For this NEMP task students calculate the answers to a series of subtraction problems.

Students calculate the distance around three different sized gardens.

For this NEMP task students use all addition and subtraction operations in calculations involving fractions.

Students answer one question about diet given the type of beak that birds have. Students are also asked about how scientists might investigate information about moa.

For this NEMP task students performs a series of increasingly difficult addition problems presented in vertical algorithms.

Students research and write a biographical recount on the life of a well-known New Zealander. Supports for this process and formative assessment points are given.

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.

Task: Complete a drawing of things found in a garden, and describe relationships between them. Assessment focus: interdependence in a garden.

For this practical students make observations on water flow from three holes set at different heights in a container. They also investigate the effect on water flow if the top is on or off the container.

A council survey is to be sent out, and students are asked to give examples of representative samples.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of tasks using fractions. These include ordering, subtracting, finding an equivalent and recording as a decimal and percentage.

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

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: Students suggest ways to stop sand dunes blowing on to farmland, and describe the predicted outcome of their suggestions. Assessment focus: application of knowledge of erosion to a specific situation.

Students are provided with five rules to follow during a thunderstorm with lightning. Students select two of these rules and explain the science behind the rule.

Students determine the probability of finding a lost cat in various locations marked on a grid map.

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