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Students describe algebraic expressions in words.

Students answer questions by interpreting a line graph of a snail's progress as it climbed up a wall.

Students draw the next two patterns in a spatial pattern, complete a table and questions about the pattern, and write a rule to describe the pattern.

Students identify the rule for continuing number patterns then develop their own pattern and write it as a rule.

A story about getting rid of family junk is the context for this task. Students find evidence to make inferences about the characters. SJ-1-4-1998. Text not provided.

Students use a picture of a spinner to calculate the probability of the arrow pointing to the black or white portion of a card.

A newspaper story about a runaway weather balloon with a map that tracks its progress is the context for this assessment. Students read it to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students answer questions about a line graph showing scores in a cricket game. An understanding of slope is needed.

A joke about a parrot is the context for this resource that assesses understanding of idioms and the interpretation of humour.

Students redraw, and re-order, the numbers in a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph and then answer questions about the new graph.

Students compare a data table and a line graph and identify features that are missing or incorrect in the graph.

Students determine the correct probabilities for a series of coin throws.

Students are provided with nutritional information on three different types of milk. Students use this information to answer a number of questions.

This practical task requires students to follow instructions for making a 'green fridge' to determine its efficiency. Students collect and record data from their investigation and answer questions.

Four diagrams showing different ways plants store food (tuber, bulb, corm, and a tap root) are provided. Students are asked to identify which method of food storage different plants use. Three short answer questions are also included.

Students study a box-and-whisker graph and answer questions on median, quartile and outliers.

Students use survey data about sports results to estimate the probability of the next person's answer.

Students answer questions from a histogram of distance of discus throws. Calculation is required.

Students are provided with some information on the diet of eight NZ birds. Students use this information to fill in a table that identifies which birds are herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores.

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 resource assesses students' understanding of erosion. Students order a set of diagrams showing the process of erosion in a river and write an explanation of how cliff erosion occurs by the sea.

For this task students are provided with a diagram of a landslip and an example of a possible cause of this. Students are required to list four other possible causes of landslips.

Students are required to write down some relevant questions about the Moon's surface that they would ask an astronaut who has just returned to the Earth from the Moon.

For this practical task students investigate convection currents when tea leaves are placed into a beaker of water that is being heated. They are asked to make observations and to provide an explanation of what they have observed.

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.