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This practical task requires students to determine the number of different coloured beads needed to thread onto a necklace by interpreting different fractions.

This practical task requires students to determine the number of different coloured beads needed to thread onto a necklace by interpreting different percentages.

Students complete a table and a graph of an equation about the costs of bike repairs, then interpret the graph to respond to questions.

Students break given numbers into equal sized groups. Students must show their working.

This practical task requires students to carry out three tests to find out if each element is a metal or non-metal.

Students answer one question about diet given the type of beak that birds have. Students are also asked about how scientists might investigate information about moa.

Task: Select the correct words to decribe what is happening to light as it travels through a drop of water. Assessment focus: scientific vocabulary.

For this task students are required to record, in a table, the compass bearings of objects shown on a submarine radar screen. Distances from the submarine are also recorded.

Students construct and label a histogram of tulip heights from data in a table. They also answer questions about range, mode, median and mean.

Students interpret a table of distances for a long jump competition, written to two decimal places, finding the longest and shortest jumps and ordering sets of three numbers.

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

Students find missing numbers to complete addition, subtraction and multiplication number patterns.

This task requires students to develop questions about their local geology and name possible information sources.

This practical task has two parts. The first part of this practical requires students to observe the effects of different indicators on different substances. Students use these results to identify if some other substances are acid, alkali, or neutral.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to visualise and infer. SJ-3-3-1989. Text not provided.

Students complete a cloze passage with 24 blanks on insects. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

Task: Identify from an experiment the preferred living conditions of slaters, and use a fact file to suggest reasons why. Assessment focus: interpreting results of an investigation.

Task: Predict, observe and explain what will happen when a balloon containing another balloon filled with water is thrown. Assessment focus: making and explaining predictions and observations.

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) Reading age 9.5-10.5. SJ-2-2006. Text provided.

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) Reading age 9.5-10.5. SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

Students review their knowledge of greenhouse gases and the effects of global warming. They identify areas where they are unsure, as well as things they know.

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) SJ-2-1-2006. Text provided.

Students are asked to interpret the changing feelings of the main character in the School Journal story 'Grey Hair', and to provide evidence of these feelings by identifying the words and actions of the character. SJ-1-3-1996. Text not provided.

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)