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Students are provided with a star map showing the path of comet Haley-Bopp 1997. Students use this map to answer three questions.

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

Students are provided with a graph showing the average rainfall and temperatures for Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Perth. Students interpret this graph to answer a number of questions.

Students are provided with a map of NZ showing the average annual rainfall in different areas. Students interpret this information to answer three short answer questions, and then construct a bar graph that shows the rainfall for nine North Island locations.

Students are given diagrams representing the three states of matter. Students answer four questions relating to these.

Students use a key to classify and describe a number of the illustrated insects and spiders.

Task: Answer two questions about setting up a fair test and another about insulating houses. Assessment focus: controlling variables.

Task: Make a sound gun and use it to investigate what happens to a candle when the end of the sound gun is tapped. Assessment focus: sound waves.

Task: Students answer questions about what will make mountain bike riders go faster. Assessment focus: Air resistance.

Task: Plan a fair test to see if adding salt water to water affects how long it takes to freeze. Assessment focus: managing variables.

Students outline a test they could do to show if a substance is a metal or not.

Task: Answer questions about how a thermometer works. Assessment focus: expansion of water on heating.

Task: Answer questions about the relationship between mass and stretch. Assessment focus: graph interpretation.

Task: Answer questions about relationships between mass and stretch. Assessment focus: identifying patterns in data.

This practical task has students investigate the surface area of three objects and whether this influences the rate of evaporation. Students fill in a table, and calculate the water loss and answer questions to show their understanding.

Students answer short questions to demonstrate their understanding that candles need oxygen to burn.

Students name things that are protected by paint. Students also explain why metal needs protecting.

Information on particle size and boiling point is provided for three alcohols. Students use this to place these substances in order of particle size and increasing boiling point.

Students answer questions about the materials that pass through the placenta between the mother and the baby.

Students explain the function of the veins, waxy layer of the upper surface of the leaf, how the shape of the leaf traps light energy and why the upper surface of the leaf is a darker green than the lower surface.

Students complete the wording for an advertisement about recycling. They need to complete sections on why, what, and how we recycle.

Students work out area, length and angles of a shape after enlargement.

Students read scales from pictures of everyday measuring equipment.

Students view a set of images to answer questions about the camera angles used and the effects these create. Students also suggest sound effects and dialogue for the images.

Students identify one possible original number from a given rounded number.