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

Task: Answer a multiple choice questions about what would be seen on earth if a meteor hit the moon, and explain why that answer is correct. Assessment focus: how sound and light travel.

Students explain the terms endangered and extinct. Students give two examples of animals that are endangered and give reasons for why these animal numbers have declined.

Task: answer two questions about features of bats. Assessment focus: classification.

Students are asked to provide reasons for and against having zoos.

Students explain how two armoured reptiles' adaptations protect them from being eaten by predators.

For this task students understanding of tides is explored. Students are asked to identify where high tides occur when the Moon is in a certain position and how often high tides occur.

Students are asked four short questions that explore their understanding of the Earth's rotation, Earth's revolution, and seasons.

Task: Sort vertebrate animals according to given classification groups. Assessment focus: classification of animals.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions about lightning and determine how far away a thunderstorm is by doing a calculation.

Students complete a diagram of a geyser by writing the correct labels from a given selection. Students are also required to answer what causes the water to heat up.

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

For this task students use a diagram to explain the different seasons experienced in different hemispheres.

Students match each planet to its correct description.

Students are provided with a diagram that shows some ways water moves in a water cycle. Students are required to explain what is happening in three places and explain how water that falls as snow might get to the sea.

Students complete a chart showing the possible combinations of numbers from two dice throws. They then list all combinations that add up to seven and nine.

Students show understanding of probability by selecting a fraction to represent the colours of choosing an article of clothing from a drawer.

Students interpret data presented in a frequency table to calculate percentages and make comparisons.

Students study a box-and-whisker graph of examination results for Maths and Science, and answer questions on comparison, median, range and proportion.

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 construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph for heights of trees. They then answer a question on range and make a statement comparing the heights of akeake and kōhūhū.

Students interpret information presented in a data table and answer questions, and calculate an average.

Students complete a tree diagram to show all possible combinations of a drink, main course, and dessert that could be chosen for a party.

Students calculate the probability of students winning prizes when their names are put in a box with 100 names in it.

Students complete a table to show all the combinations, and work out the probability, of numbers possible on the top faces of two dice. They then use the table to list combinations that total 8 and 11.