Task: Match insects to their adaptations for protection against enemies, and infer two ways stick insects are adapted for their protection against predators. Assessment focus: using observations to make suggestions about survival methods.
Students use their knowledge of the trigonometric functions sine, cosine, and tangent to calculate the length of sides of sails in a diagram of a yacht.
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.
Task: Select the corect term for stored energy, identify the type of stored energy of three examples, and describe energy transformations. Assessment focus: potential energy.
Students are given stimulus material on the stopping distance of a toy car released from different heights. Students write an aim, the best way to present the results, identify the measurement required in order to calculate the average speed, and write a conclusion for the investigation.
Students indicate how brightly a bulb would glow in three different circuits. Students then use pictures of four appliances, showing the arrangement of their cells, to draw circuit symbol diagrams illustrating this cell arrangement.
Students are provided with an unfinished graph and asked to identify what three things are needed so that the graph is then complete. Students are also asked to identify the type of graph.
This resource assesses knowledge of speaking techniques and students answer questions on the speech opening, control of audience, speech notes, and closing of speech.
A brief picture story is presented about missed opportunities. Students interpret the actions of the figures in the story, and infer the subsequent consequences.
Students read an article on starfish and find factual information to complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions. SJ-1-2-1999. Text not provided.
Students construct three different sized parachutes from plastic bags. They then carry out a fair test to see which sized parachute is the most effective. Students answer questions about fair tests, collect and record their results, and make a conclusion.