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This practical task requires students to make observations of the changes that occur in five common foods as they are cooked.

This practical task assesses students' ability to record and graph data, and draw conclusions, as they conduct an experiment on the rate at which an ice cube melts in different temperatures.

For this practical task students record their observations as an egg is poached in water.

This practical task requires students to plan and carry out a fair test to find out which paper type will soak up water the best.

Students outline four ways of improving a given plan for an investigation to make it a fair test.

Students are asked to identify a solid, liquid, and a gas. They are also asked to write down two things that are generally true for each of these three states of matter.

Task: Students place in order four beakers of copper sulphate solution from most to least concentrated. They then explain what would happen if two beakers were put together, and explain the term "concentration". Assessment focus: solutions.

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.

Students complete a plant record for a tree by making observations.

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

For this NEMP task students show their understanding of the life cycle, functions and parts of a tree.

Students are given an outline of a fair test. They are asked to identify the aim, variables to be controlled, how to judge the results, and an aspect of replication.

Pictures are given of the life cycles of three different animals (hawk, turtle and deer). Students identify which stage the animal's survival is most in danger and give explanation of why it is not safe. Students also give one special feature that helps this animal survive at this time.

Students are given an experimental setup of heating water with a burning peanut and are asked how they could change this in three ways to get a greater temperature increase. Students are also asked to give two important experimental conditions that should remain the same if the experiment was repeated.

For this practical task students investigate water (and dye) movement in a plant when the stem of a daisy is cut lengthwise into three sections. Students record their observations and then explain their results in a scientific way. Key words have been provided.

For this practical task students are given a variety of objects which they are required to make observations on by using their senses.

This practical task is about heat absorption. From a given list students choose the equipment they would use to heat cold tap water as much as possible. Students complete the investigation, explain why each piece of equipment was selected, and record their results.

Task: Interpret data from tables. Assessment focus: data interpretation.

Task: Design a station on Mars. Assessment focus: problem solving to meet human needs in a different environment.

This practical task assesses students' ability to design and carry out a fair test on the relationship between slope and rates of erosion.

Students use the Beaufort Scale of wind speed to categorise diary entries about the wind in Auckland.

This task requires students to determine the best way to dissolve Milo the quickest. Students are given the opportunity to determine this by trial and error, then they are asked to write up their result and a conclusion.

For this practical task students determine the viscosity of different household susbstances such as golden syrup, cooking oil, fruit juice etc. Students complete the experiment and construct a chart showing their results and observations.

Students use a table about properties of different materials to answer questions about this, and to group the materials listed into two groups.

Students read a passage about a genetic characteristic found in a family. They use this information to complete a representation of an inheritance diagram by shading in and naming the persons of this family. Lastly a question about dominance and recessiveness is asked.