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Task: Read a story about a cat and use the information to draw a food chain. Assessment focus: Using information to construct a food chain.

This practical task requires students to make observations and draw diagrams about diffusion that occurs when food colouring is added to water.

Task: Complete a drawing of things found in an area of native bush and describe relationships between them. Assessment focus: interdependence in a native bush environment.

On a diagram students indicate how a cliff face might look different in 100 years from now, and explain the probable cause of this.

Task: Complete a drawing of things found in a garden, and describe relationships between them. Assessment focus: interdependence in a garden.

Students categorise 3-dimensional objects into cubes, cuboids (rectangular prisms), cylinders, cones, spheres, and pyramids.

Students write short paragraphs using geometrical terms to describe two pictures. The terms equilateral, scalene, and isosceles are to be used to describe a castle. The words circumference, diameter, and radius are to be used to describe a bicycle.

In Part 1, students interpret how the visual techniques used in the presentation of a Māori legend support the meaning of the written text. In Part 2, students are assessed on their ability to communicate and explain their use of visual techniques. Annotated student work samples using Part 2 are provided.

Students count the number of faces on various 3-dimensional shapes.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of a composite shape.

Students calculate the area of a composite shape.

Students calculate the area of lawn, deck, house, patio, pool drive and garden of a section.

Students use the scaled plan of a property to calculate the area of the pool, house, and lawn.

Students calculate area of colours and the perimeter of a flag.

Students compare different types of quadrilateral shapes and answer questions about which of a pair is a special case of the other one.

Students calculate the total area of a deck and a deck with an extension.

Students calculate the length of a builder's string line.

Students calculate circumference, circular and square area of a road sign.

Students calculate the area of an extension to a cottage and the area around the buildings.

Students identify the number of faces, edges and vertices for different 3-dimensional shapes.

In this practical task, students use models of 3-dimensional shapes to complete a chart showing the number of faces, corners, and edges for each object.

This task requires students to identify the shape name, the number of faces, edges and vertices of a selection of everyday objects.

In this practical task students use a grid squares overlay to estimate the area of six shapes by counting the number of squares each shape covers.

In this practical task, students work in small groups to present a dance based on geometric concepts.

In this practical task students make four different 3-dimensional objects.