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Students draw a strange space creature from an oral description. The assessment focus is on listening to descriptions, recalling details, and following instructions.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify the adjectives in a short story about making breakfast.

The assessment focus is on an informative speech to a small group about a famous person. Student directions, a checklist, and scoring guides are included.

This task assesses students' understanding of the use of capital letters in titles, by asking them to read six book titles and put capital letters in the places they are needed.

Students retell a myth or legend to another student. Suggestions for the speech content and scoring guides are included.

Students write an argument either for or against daily physical education in schools. Support materials and links to exemplars for writing an argument are given under the "Working with Students" tab.

Students write and solve equations for story problems describing practical situations.

Students explain who is most likely to win a game based on spinners, and how the game could be made fair.

In this practical task, students measure two circular objects to find the circumference, diameter and the relationship between them (pi).

Students select the measurements of a piece of paper as it is folded multiple times.

Task: Answer questions about data in a table. Assessment focus: pulleys.

Students use the term force to explain why a heavier hammer could drive nails into denser material and explain density.

Students give two reasons why it is an advantage for a porcupine fish to inflate its body and have its spines stick out when it is in danger.

Students prepare a short farewell speech. This task has an assessment focus on contributing and on considering others. Oral Language Assessment Guide B is suitable for this task.

This practical task requires students to construct a model based on a diagram of a similar model. They then draw their model onto isometric paper.

Students draw five different views of a 3-dimensional cube model.

Students are asked one multiple-choice and one short answer question about fair testing.

Students explain a plastic recycling symbol. This resource assesses an aspect of knowledge helpful for making decisions about recycling.

For this practical task students are assessed on their ability to record their observations of the decomposition of a cut slice of pumpkin over a two week time period.

Students identify in which order candles will go out and explain their answer. Assessment focus: the role of oxygen in combustion.

Task: Answer questions about making a bike go faster. Assessment focus: friction; gearing.

A report about a topic of local, national, or international interest is prepared. The assessment focus is on opinions and information from the media. ARB scoring guides A and B are suitable for this task.

Students are given some information about simple machines, and are asked to label the effort, load, and pivot on three examples of simple machines.

Students identify the missing part of equations shown as number machines.

Students carry out a simple experiment to illustrate refraction. They then explain why this happened.