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Keywords:
data collection
planning investigations
plotting scales
qualitative data
Each student designs a question and an associated scale to record other students' attitudes to mathematics.
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distance-time graphs
distances
graph interpretation
graphs
speed
time
Task: interpret a graph of a car's journey and add to the graph to represent a further description of the journey. Assessment focus: graph interpretation.
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Earth systems
fossils
rock layers
rocks
Students use a diagram of a cutting showing exposed rock layers to answer questions about their formation, age, and geological history.
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crabs
observation
trees
Task: Students differentiate between simple observations and inferences, and between observations that require measurement and those that do not.
Assessment focus: observing scientifically.
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exploring
images
light
mirrors
physical inquiry
reflection
Students describe the images seen in flat and convex mirrors.
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energy transfer
exploring
kinetic energy
physical inquiry
Students investigate energy transfer by colliding marbles, explaining their observations, and what happens to the energy of the moving marble on impact.
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fair testing
properties
solvents
Students are given some solids and liquids for this practical task. They plan how they would find out which liquids are solvents for any given solid, carry out the task, and write a conclusion.
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changes
ice
investigation
melting
pattern seeking
practical
water
For this practical task students make a prediction about which lot of ice will melt first. Then students record their observations and explain why one lot of ice melted faster than the other.
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Keywords:
drawing
ecology
ecosystems
flax
interdependence
relationships
Task: Complete a drawing of things found in and near a flax bush, and describe relationships between them. Assessment focus: interdependence in a flax bush environment.
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ecology
environmental issues
feeding
plastics
pollution
seabirds
systems thinking
Students combine their observations with some information provided to complete a story about what might have happened in the photograph.
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Life processes
adaptation
animals
movement
Four different vertebrate animals are illustrated. For each animal the student needs to name the body part used by each animal to move, and then explain how this part makes the animal move.
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adjectives
grammar
grammar knowledge
parts of speech
vocabulary
This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify the adjectives in a short story about making breakfast.
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Keywords:
distance-time graphs
graph interpretation
relationships
speed
Students interpret a graph about getting to school, writing descriptions about each students journey and making statements comparing the journeys.
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functional rules
linear equations
rules
spatial patterns
Students complete a table then describe and write a rule to work out the number of matchsticks needed to make alien shape patterns.
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ecology
food chains
food webs
interdependence
systems thinking
venn diagrams
Task: Use a Venn diagram to interpret a food web based on the vegetable garden. Assessment focus: using diagrams to identify relationships between organisms; using systems thinking to describe these relationships.
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Keywords:
SJ-1-1-1998
comprehension
inference
poetry
progressive disclosure
synthesis
visualising
This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to infer. SJ-1-1-1998. Text provided.
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number patterns
recursive rules
Students find missing numbers to complete addition, subtraction and multiplication number patterns.
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distribution
dot plots
graph construction
graph interpretation
work samples
Students conduct a statistical investigation about their prediction of the most common words used in English. They make graphs, describe their shape, and compare their own graph with ones that other students produce.
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Keywords:
interpreting data
paper
properties
society
Task: Process and interpret data in a table to identify the best paper to use for a game. Evaluate the reliability of the collected data. Assessment focus: using evidence to answer a question.
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SJ-4-2-2004
School Journal
comprehension
inference
main idea
narrative
think critically
tikanga
whanaungatanga
whānau
This task is about using evidence to find the main idea of a text. Students read a narrative text with a Māori context, find two groups of details, then select the main idea from four choices. Note that the text deals with the hunting and slaughter of pigs, which may be a challenging concept for some of your students. SJ-4-2-2004. Text provided.
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Keywords:
analysis
colour
font
illustration
interpretation
layout
main idea
poetry
In Part 1 students identify visual techniques used within a static image and describe how they support the meaning of the poem. In Part 2, students create a text to communicate ideas visually. Annotated student work samples of Part 2 are provided.
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Life processes
data collection
data tables
multivariate data
plants
qualitative data
selecting variables
table interpretation
tables
Students compare drawings of a healthy and unhealthy plant, collect data, and decide which data distinguishes them. This is a mathematics/science resource.