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Students are required to compare sales represented on line graphs of the total sales and the pattern of sales over time.

Students use plastic money to explore and continue a number pattern about going to a disco. They then describe the pattern.

Students interpret a back-to-back bar graph about apples picked by comparing and identifying patterns.

Students study two graphs on some rocks and lake features of Saharan North Africa and answer a mix of questions to show this ability to interpret these graphs.

Students interpret and answer questions about a mapping diagram showing activities students chose in a basketball lesson.

Students interpret a line graph showing the running speed of different animals.

Students are provided with a weather map for the North Island of NZ and interpret this information to answer three short answer questions.

Students answer three questions by interpreting a weather map and other forecast information.

Students use number lines to show their understanding of commutativity.

Students interpret a line graph of a practical situation.

Students interpret a line graph to answer 4 multiple choice questions about a car along a racing track.

Students interpret a weather map to answer three multiple-choice questions on information it contains.

For this task students are provided with a table of weather observations for a day in September. Students are required to write a weather report using headings that have been provided.

Students use a flowchart to find solutions and generate rules from them.

Task: Decide which of two graphs e.g., tally chart, pictograph, bar graph is represented by a picture and explain how the graph/s are interpreted.

Task: Watch a video of two sofas burning, record the results, and use the evidence to make inferences about fire retardants. Assessment focus: using observations to provide evidence.

Students design school library badges by creating four symmetrical patterns using 2-dimensional shapes. A display board template is included for students to put their work on.

Task: Transfer information from a table to a graph, label the bottom axis and describe the pattern of the data. Assessment focus: graph construction; graph interpretation.

Students are provided with two star maps as seen from Wellington at two different times of the year. Students are asked to explain why the stars on the map appear in different parts of the sky depending on the time of the year.

Students sort different shapes into tessellating and not tessellating categories and explain their reasoning.

Students are provided with a diagram of a roadside cutting. They are asked to mark the fault line and the youngest rock layer in this cutting. Students then suggest two explanations for the pattern shown in the diagram.

Task: Investigate mass required to lift a small rock when changing distance from pivot. Assessment focus: levers.

Task: Identify patterns in a table and suggest ways to make a toy travel further. Assessment focus: interpreting data; energy; forces.

Students identify the error in three statements made about the perimeter and area of given objects.

Task: Students use observation and a key to identify native plants. Assessment focus: Using a classification key.