Refine Current Search

Students outline four things that would need to be done to look after a garden for a month.

Students answer three multiple-choice questions on the function of the lungs, heart, and kidneys.

Students explain two things a baby animal needs from its mother. Students then describe how a human changes as it grows up and becomes an adult.

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

This NEMP task assesses knowledge about plants and animals.

Task: Choose images to enhance a science text about an adaptation of kererū, compare the messages of images, and reflect on the role of illustrations in science texts. Assessment focus: using and interpreting images in science texts.

Task: Students decide whether four dinosaurs are meat-eaters or plant-eaters, and justify their answers. A list of features of each group is provided. It may be completed individually or as a group assessment. Assessment focus: using evidence.

Task: Make observations from a photograph, identify potential environmental problems giving reasons, decide which problem is the most important, and give reasons for the choice. Assessment focus: (1) observation, and (2) identifying and prioritising cause and effect relationships.

Task: Students apply both their knowledge of the functions of roots and information from a model to explain why care is needed when transplanting trees. Assessment focus: interpreting diagrams.

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

For this task students are asked to draw the eyes, fins, gills, and mouth onto an outline of a fish. Students then explain the function of each of these parts of the fish (including scales and the tail).

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

Task: Sort cards to identify how four items of rubbish will impact on the beach, plants and animals that are found there, and humans. They then select items to remove and leave, and justify their decisions. Assessment focus: impact of materials on the environment.

Task: Use features of velociraptors to make inferences about their life style. Assessment focus: using evidence to make inferences.

Students explain adaptations of kangaroos and horses to protect their young.

A bar graph showing the percentage of endangered species threatened by predation, competition, and/or habitat loss is given. Students use this graph to answer questions and explain the terms; predation, competition, and habitat loss.

Using a diagram of a crab, students explain some of the crab's adaptations.

Task: students answer questions about features of the fennec fox. Assessment focus: adaptations.

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.

In this NEMP task students look at photos to describe similar and different environmental features of the moon, the Earth, Mars and the sun. Assessment focus: The solar system. In the original NEMP task the assessor gave oral instructions, read the questions and wrote the answers for each student.

Task: Answer questions about a planned wildlife reserve. Assessment focus: interdependence of animals with their habitat.

For this practical task students are assessed on their understanding of the life cycle of a butterfly by putting pictures (of eggs, caterpillar, pupa, emerging butterfly, and butterfly) into the correct sequential order and answering some questions.

Students are provided with a fact file on the tuatara. Students answer four questions that are based on information contained in the fact file.

Students explain the terms endangered and extinct. Students give two examples of animals that are endangered and give reasons for why these animal numbers have declined.

Students use pictures of different types of parakeets to identify distinguishing features. NOTE: This resource needs to be used in colour.