Knowledge resources

Students answer three multiple-choice questions about atoms, elements, and atomic number.

Students explain two things a baby animal needs from its mother. Students then describe how a human changes as it grows up and becomes an adult.

Task: complete two multiple choice questions. Assessment focus: respiration of marine mammals and fish.

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

Task: Identify seasons from events described. Assessment focus: seasons.

Students answer three questions about the Hubble Space Telescope.

From a collection of familiar objects, students identify all those that can act as sources of light.

Students answer two questions about preventing erosion and flooding by a river.

Task: Describe on a chart how a duck's features help it to survive, then infer what might happen if these features were changed in some way. Assessment focus: how adaptations aid survival.

Students answer three questions about air pressure in balloons, why helium balloons float, and why a popped balloon makes a noise.

Task: Describe what happens to water on black plastic and explain why. Assessment focus: effect of colour on heat retention.

Task: Complete a table to show how energy is transformed in eight objects and describe the energy transformations in two others. Assessment focus: energy transformation.

From a key of terms (heat, kinetic, light, potential and sound), students select the word which describes some common examples of energy change.

Students are asked to match six everyday objects to the main energy transformation that occurs in each of these objects.

For this task students look at a diagram showing household electrical wires and then answer some questions about these.

For this task students select two kinds of activity from those labelled on a diagram of an erupting volcano. Students write a description and the problems or dangers associated with each activity.

Students select from four pictures of laden trucks which is least likely to roll over when cornering, and explain their predictions. This resource assesses students' understanding of centre of gravity.

Students explain how the parts of a torch help it work.

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 answer a multiple choice question about what happens when a magnetised object is cut in half, and then draw the lines of the magnetic field around two magnets.

Students list four things that wouldn't work and the problems this would cause if there was a power cut to their home.

Students draw two wires to complete a simple circuit diagram from a battery to a bulb so that it shines.

Students compare cars from different eras. They describe how different features of modern cars make them safer. The task assesses students' understanding of how technology can make cars faster and safer.

Students select which of five compass orientations best show the direction of a magnetic field at four different locations.

Students state whether each of nine common objects are transparent or opaque.