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For this NEMP task students perform a range of practical measuring tasks including calculations involving time and selection of appropriate units of measuring.

Task: Students interpret information about couch grass from a diagram and explain why its special features make it difficult to get rid of. Assessment focus: special features ensure a plant's survival.

Task: Match terms with definition. Assessment focus: science vocabulary.

Students complete a chart showing the tally and total for different kinds of fruit.

This practical task requires students to make observations of three different types of soils and record their observations in a chart.

Students view four sequential diagrams on fossilisation, and then write explanations about this process using the diagrams and their own knowledge.

Students are provided with a diagram showing rock layers. Students use this diagram to answer a number of questions.

Students describe a functional rule for two spatial patterns.

Students are given results from an investigation looking at light intensity and its effect on the rate of photosynthesis in two plants. Students are required to draw line graphs of this data and then answer a number of questions pertaining to this.

This practical assessment requires students to design and carry out tests on three properties of four different fabrics in order to find the most suitable fabric for the stated purpose.

Students compare drawings of a healthy and unhealthy plant and decide which quantitative and/or qualitative data distinguishes them. They draw conclusions from the data. This is a mathematics/science resource.

Students predict how a cube will travel when flicked in different positions, and conduct an experiment to see what happens in practice.

For this assessment students read a paragraph of information about the stars. They use this to complete a table that summarises all this information.

This is a resource on sentence types. Students use four definitions of sentence types to classify six sentences.

Students choose the best type of graph for a selection of sets of data.

In this practical students are first required to identify as many uses of paper they can think of. Then, using samples of different paper types, they identify particular uses for that type of paper and reasons why the paper is used for this purpose.

Students record all the different combinations of sandwiches from two types of bread and three fillings.

Students explain the mistake in each of six sentences about elements, compounds or mixtures.

Students complete tables of energy use.

Task: Answer questions about a table comparing the energy usage and lifespan of different sorts of lights, and use this information to complete a second table to describe advantages and disadvantages of each. Assessment focus: reading a technical table.

Answer questions about a table comparing the energy usage and lifespan of different sorts of lights, and use this information to complete a second table to describe advantages and disadvantages of each. Assessment focus: reading a technical table.

Task: Match everyday terms about properties with their meanings. Use their understanding about properties of paper and their uses to justify appropriate questions to investigate. Assessment focus: asking questions about paper properties.

Students read an article on parachuting and complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions.

Task: Match cards to show the relationship of birds' beaks and feet to the food they eat. Assessment focus: adaptations.

A diagram of the bottom row of teeth has been provided. Students draw a line from each tooth name (canine, molar, and incisor) to an example of that tooth type in the diagram. Students then fill in a table where they explain what each tooth type does.